School of Medicine
University of Patras
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Undergraduate Courses

Anesthesiology, perioperative and emergency medicine

Semester 8th ()

Hours 14, Participation in educational clinical visits: 5, Clinical Exercise (ICU and Anesthesiology): 5, Study and analysis of bibliography, writing of scientific papers: 1

Teachers

Description

ECTS Credits
5
Course Type
Scientific Area
Prerequisite Courses
No
Teaching and Assessment Language
Greek
The Course is Offered to Erasmus Students
Yes
Course Webpage (url)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v8uugt2bd9mkh8e/AABLuEQrrFqZnP2POSJE7XgRa?dl=0

Course Content

  • Types of Anesthesia,
  • General anesthesia,
  • Patient information-consent for anesthesia, preoperative preparation,
  • General Anesthesia - case reporting, safe anesthesia,
  • Venous access,
  • Maintenance of airway duct, ventilation with AMBU, laryngeal mask (LMA), intratracheal intubation,
  • Anesthetic drugs, post-operative complications (PONV, awareness, nerve injury, airway injury),
  • Patient monitoring - medical simulation.
  • Regional anesthesia,
  • Post-operative pain, chronic pain.
  • Basic life support and automatic external defibrillation.
  • Specialized support for life.
  • Polytrauma, fluid administration, transfusion, patient screening.
  • Emergency treatment,
  • Medical simulation on prototypes.

Teaching and Learning Methods - Αssessment

Teaching Method

Face to face

Use of Information and Communication Technologies

Use of information and communication teaching technologies

Teaching Organization

Teaching Method Semester Workload
Lectures 20
Participation in educational clinical visits 10
Clinical Exercise (ICU and Anesthesiology) 10
Study and analysis of bibliography, writing of scientific papers 2
Total number of hours for the Course   42 hours

 

Student Assessment

Assessment Language: Greek

Assessment methods:

  • Multiple Choice Test
  • Short answer questions
  • Oral case discussions

The evaluation criteria are explicitly specified for the students. Both the multiple-choice test and the short answer questions are based on the content of the lessons (lectures) to the students. Courses are accessible to students. Oral case discussions and clinical exercises are complementary / auxiliary.

 

Scope

Learning Outcomes

Course Objectives:

Knowledge, understanding, implementation, synthesis and evaluation of anesthesiology, perioperative and emergency medicine issues.

In the anesthesiology, perioperative and emergency medicine course, the above goals are summarized in 3 categories

1. - Knowledge of anesthesiology, perioperative and emergency medicine

2. - A combination of understanding and clinical / practical application of anesthesiology, perioperative and emergency medicine (skill)

3. - The ability to solve problems, transferring existing knowledge and acquired skills to new situations (ability)

More specifically:

The final level of knowledge allows students to know the basic theories of anesthesia and its components and to understand their application to general anesthesia. Plan the pre-operative-pre-anesthetic preparation and assessment of patients. To be familiar with the basic pharmacology of anesthetic drugs, the basic principles of monitoring the patient's vital functions perioperatively (monitoring) and to be able to apply the basic ventilation techniques. Be aware of the basic principles of regional anesthesia techniques and the medicines used in it. To effectively deal with postoperative pain. Be aware of the principles of dealing with a polytrauma and other life threatening emergencies. At the end of the semester, students are assessed by their participation in the course deliveries in the Anesthesiology Department and the results of oral examinations.

General Abilities

  • Search, analyze, and synthesize data and information
  •  Adapt to new situations
  • Decision making
  • Autonomous work
  • Teamwork
  • Work in an international and interdisciplinary environment
  • Production of new research ideas

Reading Material

Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology, European Journal of Anaesthesiology, British Journal of Anaesthesia