The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

At the end of the Surgical Area practical training the students should achieve the following objectives:
• master and implement the best practices of the doctor-patient relationship;
• be able to collect the medical history and perform an objective examination;
• apply clinical reasoning, be able to identify priority or urgent and secondary problems, to generate diagnostic hypotheses and to identify diagnostic tests of greater sensitivity and specificity in order to confirm or refute such hypotheses;
• be able to interpret laboratory results;
• be able to interpret diagnostic imaging reports;
• comprehend decision-making processes related to surgical treatment;
• be able to fill admission reports and discharge letters;
• be able to assess the appropriateness of the indication for hospitalization
• be able to focus on the reason for hospitalization notwithstanding complex medical conditions, which might include chronicity and other critical issues;
• be able to indicate prevention and health education actions;
• be aware of the importance of observing strict punctuality in the shifts;
• comply with hygiene behaviour and rules of surgical wards;
• know how to positively interact with the medical, nursing and technical staff of the department;
• know the different roles and responsibilities of each team member.

Program

The program is determined day by day during the internship. The following is the minimum set of required skills to be performed:
• Clean wound dressings
• Septic wound dressings
• Drainage removal
• Points and agraphes removal
• Dressings of sores, ulcers and fistulas
• Treatment of external suppurative processes (abscess, phlegm, pyoderma)
• Sterile field preparation for minor surgical procedures
• infiltration of a local anaesthetic for minor superficial surgery
• Suture of superficial wounds
• Rectal exploration

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Examination Methods

The student is assessed on a daily basis by the tutor and specific moments of evaluation of the practical activities are foreseen during the whole internship (minimum duration: 100 hours). The final evaluation is carried out by the head of department jointly with the tutor.