Surgery syllabus in China
Course Description:
- On the basis of handling the basic medical knowledge, it is a major task to know how to
diagnose, make a differential diagnosis and treat variant diseases. - And the characteristic of this subject is to learn the indications and contraindications of
operation and how to deal with postoperative complications. - To meet the teaching aim, the students should grasp the related contents in the subject and master the aseptic technique and basic operational skills.
- What’s more, you need to cultivate fine medical ethics and strive to serve the patients’ hearts and souls during clinical work.
Teaching methods
- Multimedia lectures.
- Analysis and discussion of the typical case in class
- Visit in-patients and wards; demonstration of typical case and operation or videos
- Self-study
Teaching hours distribution
- Basic surgery
| Contents | Lecture | Self-study | Practice |
| Introduction to Surgery | 1 | ||
| Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-base Disorders | 3 | 1 | |
| Antibiosis and Asepsis | 2 | ||
| Surgical Infections | 2 | 1 | |
| Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Surgical Shock | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Surgical Intensive Care Unit | 2 | ||
| Surgical Nutrition | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Trauma | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Burns and Frostbite | 2 | ||
| Neoplasms | 2 | ||
| Organ Transplantation | 2 | ||
| Laproscopic Surgery | 2 | ||
| Total | 16 | 10 | 4 |
- Â GIT + H&N + Breast & Vascular surgery
| Contents | Lecture | Self-study | Practice |
| Neck Diseases | 2 | 1 | |
| Breast Diseases | 2 | 1 | |
| External Hernias | 2 | 1 | |
| Blunt Abdominal Injuries | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Acute Suppurative Peritonitis | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Stomach and Duodenum Diseases | 6 | 1 | |
| Small Intestine Diseases | 4 | 1 | |
| Appendicitis | 2 | 1 | |
| Colorectal and Anal Diseases | 4 | 1 | |
| Liver Diseases | 2 | 1 | |
| Portal Hypertension | 2 | 1 | |
| Biliary Diseases | 3 | 1 | |
| Pancreas Diseases | 3 | 1 | |
| Acute Abdomen | 2 | ||
| Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment of Alimentary Tract Bleeding | 2 | ||
| Vascular Diseases | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 40 | 4 | 14 |
- Â Cardiothoracic surgery
| Contents | Lecture | Self-study | Practice |
| Thoracic trauma | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Diseases of the chest wall and pleura | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Mediastinal disease | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Esophageal disease | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lung tumor and Benign pulmonary disease | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| General consideration of cardiac surgery | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital heart disease | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Adult heart disease | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 10 |
- Â Urosurgery
| Contents | Lecture | Self-study | Practice |
| Genitourinary Tract Trauma | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Urinary Tract Infection | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Genitourinary tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Urinary Obstruction | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Urinary Stone Disease | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Urinary and Genital Tumors | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 10 |
- Â Orthopedics
| Contents | Lecture | Self-study | Practice |
| Physical examination of the  musculoskeletal system | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| General consideration of fractures | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Fracture and dislocation of the upper extremities | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Hand injury | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Fracture and articular injury lower extremities | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Fractures in the spine (along with spinal cord injury)and pelvis | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Peripheral nerve injury | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Chronic injury of the musculoskeletal system | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Degenerative diseases of the cervical and lumbar spine | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Septic infection of bones and joints | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Tuberculosis of bones and joints | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Nonsuppurative arthritis | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Deformities of the musculoskeletal system | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bone tumors | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Total | 21 | 12.5 | 10 |
Examination pattern & marks distribution
- Two theory examinations, 80%
- Performance in the class, 20%
Sample Exam Questions
References
- Textbook of Surgery, the Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice, 15th Edition, David C Sabiston, JR M.D. 1997, Philadephia
- Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine, PL Mollison, 1997, Hardbound
- Human Molecular Genetics, 2nd Edition, Tom Stachan, and Andrew P. Read. 2001. John Wiley & Sons PTE LTD.
- Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing, Burke, K.M., P. Lemone and E. Mohen-Brown, 2002, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
- Clinical nutrition: parenteral nutrition, 3rd Edition, John L. Rombeau, Rolando H. Rolandelli. 2001 .Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Alternatives to Regular Blood Transfusions, Farley Dixie, 1994, FDA Consumer.
- Daly,Principles of Surgery, 7th Edition, Schwartz, S.I., J.E. Fischer, F. C. Spencer, G.T. Shires, and J.M. 1998, New York: McGraw-Hill
- Clinical Surgery,2nd Edition, Grace, P.A., A. Cuschieri, D. Rowley, N. Borley, and A. Darzi, 2003, Londin
- Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist,Caruthers, B.L., and P. Price, 2001, Albany, NY: Delmar
- Practice of GeneralSurgery, Bland, K.I., W.G. Cioffi, and M.G. Sarr, 2001, Philadelphia: Saunders
- Sabiston.Sabiston’s Review of Surgery, 3rd Edition, Townsend, C., K.L. Mattox, R.D. Beauchamp, B.M. Evers, and D.C., 2001, Philadelphia: Saunders
- Maingot’s Abdominal Operation,10th Edition, Michael J. Zinner, M.D, 1997, Sta
- Surgery of the Chest, 6th Edition, John A. Waldhausen, William S. Pierce, David B. Campbell, Dan Beisel, Edna Hill, October 1995, Mosby Inc.
- Sabiston & Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 7th Edition, Frank Sellke, David C. Sabiston, Scott Swanson, Pedro J. del Nido, Frank Cole Spencer, September 2004, W B Saunders Co.
- General Thoracic Surgery, Thomas W. Shields, Thomas W. Shields, Joseph Locicero, Ronald B. Ponn, Valerie W. Rusch, August 2004. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Larry R. Kaiser, September 2005, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Campbell Urology,7th Edition, Jack W. McAninch, 1999
- Smith’sGeneral Urology,5th Edition, Emil A.Tanggho, 2005
- Orthopaedics, Edited by Robert H. Fitzgerald, Jr., Herbert Kaufer, Arthur L. Malkani, 2002, People’s Health Press
- Campbell’s Operative Orthopedics,10th Edition, Bruce Browner, Jesse Jupiter, Alan Levine, Peter Trafton, 2005, Elsevier Publishing INC
- Skeletal Trauma, 2nd Edition, S. Terry Canale, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic, Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN, 1998, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co
- Rockwood and Green’s Fractures in Adults, 4th Edition, Robert W Bucholz, James D Heckman, Charles Court-Brown, Paul Tornetta, Kenneth J Koval, 1996, Philadelphia: Sippincott-Raven.
Also Read:
- Surgery Syllabus for MBBS ( Competency Based ) in India
- New Indian MBBS Syllabus (CBME Based)
- Russian Medical Syllabus/curriculum
