Course: Hand and Wrist Surgery

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Course title Hand and Wrist Surgery
Course code TRA/VC021
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Palčák Ján, MUDr.
  • Dráč Pavel, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Particularity of the hand and wrist surgery. Clinical anatomy of the hand and wrist. Principles of hand and wrist assessment and diagnostics. Hand and wrist injuries. Degenerative changes of the bones and soft tissues of hand and wrist. Compression neuropathies of the hand and wrist. Most frequent benign and malignant hand and wrist tumours.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
Present the particularity of the hand and wrist surgery. Demonstrate tha basic content of theorethical knowledge - etiology, diagnostics, possibilities of conservative and surgical treatment.
At the end of this seminary, students should be able to: Describe issues of the domain of hand and wrist surgery in general, know clinically significant anatomical structures of the hand and wrist, describe the most prevalent hand and wrist diseases and know basis of their diagnostics and treatment.
Prerequisites
Command of human anatomy and physiology. Knowledge of basic surgical terminology.
CH1/VC013

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student

Presence during the whole seminary. Active attitude during the education.
Recommended literature
  • Pilný, J. , Slodička, R. a kol. (2011). Chirurgie ruky. Praha: Grada.
  • Sukop, A. et. al. (2013). Akutní poranění ruky. Galén.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2018) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2019) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: -