Plastic Surgery
| Title | ΠΛΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ / Plastic Surgery |
| Code | ΙΑ0333 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Efterpi Demiri |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 200000331 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Class ID | 600257923
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Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600257923
- At the Website of the School: http://www.med.auth.gr/depts/plasticsurgery/
- eLearning:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
After the successful completion of the course, students are able to know:
- the basic fields & principles of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- the use of surgical instruments, the principles of suturing techniques and wound care
- the basic principles of wound healing and burns' management
- the basic principles of tissue transplantation
- the basic principles of skin and soft tissue oncology, diagnosis of skin diseases
- the basic principles of hand surgery
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Generate new research ideas
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Basic principles of Plastic Surgery, wound healing, burns, oncology of skin and soft tissue, free and pedicled tissue transfer, hand surgery, microsurgery, congenital malformations, aesthetic plastic surgery of the face-body-extremities, post-mastectomy breast reconstruction, alternative reconstructive techniques (tissue cultures, artificial skin, tissue expansion), implants, LASER surgery.
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 26 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Seminars | 5 | 0.2 | ✓ | ||
| Tutorial | 8 | 0.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clinical Practice | 13 | 0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | ✓ | ||||
| Exams | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Total | 52 | 2 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams (multiple-choice questions/ short answer questions) & QUIZ with clinical cases.
Optional: participation in clinical or research study
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- QUIZ (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1) «Βασικές αρχές Πλαστικής Χειρουργικής», Ε. Δεμίρη
2) «Τρέχουσα Πλαστική Χειρουργική», Κ. Φ. Μαντινάος
3) «Πλαστική, Επανορθωτική και Αισθητική Χειρουργική», Όθων Παπαδόπουλος
Additional bibliography for study
Mathes & Nahai: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
McGregor : Fundamental techniques of plastic surgery
Last Update
13-10-2021
