PRC720 - MICROSURGERY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICROSURGERY | PRC720 | 3rd Semester | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Prequisites | (1) Having completed a Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Residency programme approved by Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health(2) Continuing a Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Residency or Hand Surgery Fellowship programme | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Must | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Team/Group Work Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Experiment Drill and Practice Case Study Problem Solving Brain Storming Project Design/Management | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Tunç Şafak, Prof. A. Emre Aksu, Prof. Serdar Nasır | |||||
| Course objective | To teach microsurgery techniques, to explain application areas, to define experimental models and to conduct experimental studies. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Experimental models in microsurgery, selection of experimental models, usage areas of microsurgery methods, vascular-neural repairs and flap surgery in experimental animals | |||||
| References | Green's Operative Hand Surgery, 6th Edition, 2011, Churchill Livingstone, ISBN: 978-1-4160-5279-1, Plastic Surgery, Stephen J. Mathes ve Vincent Rod Hentz (Editörler), 2nd Edition, 2005, Saunders, ISBN-13: 978-0721688114 PubMed | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Animal rights and ethics in experimental research |
| Week 2 | History, development and usage areas of microsurgery |
| Week 3 | Selection of experimental animals in microsurgery studies |
| Week 4 | Starting microsurgery learning |
| Week 5 | Vessel-nerve exploration in experimental animals |
| Week 6 | Arterial anastomosis by microsurgery method in experimental animals |
| Week 7 | Venous anastomosis by microsurgery method in experimental animals |
| Week 8 | Midterm |
| Week 9 | Nerve repair with microsurgical method in experimental animals |
| Week 10 | Arterial anastomosis with vein graft in experimental animals |
| Week 11 | Arterial anastomosis with arterial graft in experimental animals |
| Week 12 | Venous anastomosis with vein graft in experimental animals |
| Week 13 | Nerve repair with nerve graft in experimental animals |
| Week 14 | Free flap application in experimental animals I |
| Week 15 | Peraparation for Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 11 | 20 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 3 | 5 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 20 |
| Total | 50 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 11 | 3 | 33 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| Total Workload | 58 | 46 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Knows the current and high-level information in the literature in the field of Advanced Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, can critically analyze the newly added information and develop new concepts by synthesizing it with existing knowledge. | X | ||||
| 2. Conceives the interdisciplinary interaction of advanced plastic, reconstructive and esthetic surgery with other fields, analyzes the knowledge in these fields and relates this information to advanced plastic, reconstructive and esthetic surgery, makes a synthesis of this information to create new concepts and demonstrates leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving. | X | ||||
| 3. Carries out original studies to test the theoretically developed concepts/methods and publishes the results in national and/or international refereed journals. Or they contribute to the progress and accumulation of knowledge in their field by presenting them in national and/or international scientific congresses. | X | ||||
| 4. Knows the ethical problems that he/she may encounter during his/her practice in the field, brings solutions to these problems and takes the necessary measures to support the development of these ethical values. | X | ||||
| 5. By introducing scientific, technological, social and cultural changes or advances in the field to the society in which it is located, it contributes to the process of becoming and sustaining the information society of the society it serves. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest