Surgery Revision Course
Designed to cover the "need to know" aspects of surgery for final year exams, the Surgery Revision Course looks at approaches for various exam formats, revision technique and hot topics that are favourites with examiners.
The MDU Surgery Revision Course will be run by respected medical educator and surgeon, Mr Barry Paraskeva BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), FRCS, PhD. Mr Paraskeva has tutored students in final MB surgery revision for over eight years and has won a number of awards for his teaching, including Teacher of the Year from Imperial College, London and the prestigious Rector's Award. Mr Paraskeva is also an OSCE examiner.
All weekend courses run from 9am - 5pm.
| Surgery revision weekend | |
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| Registration fee: | £95 (if you have joined/are joining the MDU for your F1/intern year) £120 (if you are not joining) |
| Spring 2012 | |
| The School of Pharmacy, London | 10-11 March 2012 |
| University of Newcastle | 24-25 March 2012 |
| University of Liverpool | 14-15 April 2012 |
| Course content | |
| Day 1 - morning | Introduction Fluid balance, nutrition and shock The acute abdomen/ surgical emergencies Hernias |
| Day 1 - afternoon | Skin diseases Breast disease Thyroid surgery and neck lumps |
| Day 2 - morning | Trauma, fractures and orthopaedics Venous disease Arterial conditions |
| Day 2 - afternoon | Urology for finals Surgical radiology Exam technique |
| 2012 ten week Surgery revision course | |
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| Registration fee: | £205 (if you have joined/are joining the MDU for your F1/intern year) £235 (if you are not joining) |
| King's College London | Tuesday evenings 6.30pm to 9.30pm 14 February - 17 April 2012 |
| Course content | |
| Week 1 | Introduction Fluid balance, nutrition and shock Venous disease |
| Week 2 | Upper GI surgery Oesophagael disorders Gastric disease Gallstones and the biliary tree The spleen |
| Week 3 | Lower gastrointestinal conditions |
| Week 4 | Breast disease Thyroid surgery and neck lumps |
| Week 5 | Hernias Arterial conditions |
| Week 6 | Trauma, fractures and orthopaedics |
| Week 7 | Perioperative care Pancreatic disorders |
| Week 8 | Urology for finals Skin diseases |
| Week 9 | Topical issues Surgical radiology Equipment in practice |
| Week 10 | Exam technique
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