Surgery

Welcome to the department of Surgery. The department has been functioning for the last twelve years. Over the years several faculty have contributed towards its growth and what we have now is a result of their combined efforts along with the present faculty who presently carry the mantle. The department presently functions from Rustaq  campus as well as Sohar campus

Surgery is a total of 12 week-course that is divided into 2 periods:

• Surgery clerkship (MD5): Duration 6 weeks
• Surgery sub-internship (MD6): Duration 6 weeks

During the placement in MD5, the students will learn the basic and core knowledge and skills while during the MD6 the student doing sub internship with expanded knowledge and skills and prepare to work as safe intern doctor in the hospital after graduation .

MD5 Course description

The duration of the surgical MD5 clerkship is 6 weeks. The student learns to gather information directly from patients. This part of the course is delivered at Rustaq hospital and training centre. As all clinical learning takes place in the hospital, the students would understand the importance of system-based approach in the health care delivery system. The course aims to familiarize the student with common surgical diseases.

The contents of the course include both hospital and College-based activities.

Hospital-based activities aim at patient-student interaction. They include morning ward rounds and morning meetings with hospital faculty as well as department faculty. They also include attending outpatient department (OPD) and operating theatre (OT) sessions.

College-based activities include student led lectures supervised by faculty, called student-lead seminars (SLS) as well as Faculty lectures and student directed learning (SDLs). All these activities are interactive. The hot case is an integrated session where two departments teaching similar topics come together and create a learning module for the two groups of students posted in their departments. The students gather information directly from patients and discuss them together at forums before presenting the data to their teachers.

MD5 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

• CLO 1: Outline the common surgical diseases that involve various organs and body systems based on updated evidence
• CLO 2: Relate surgical conditions with relevant surgical anatomy and fundamentals of surgical pathology
• CLO 3: Elicit clinical history from a patient in a given time
• CLO 4: Perform a detailed clinical examination to arrive at a provisional diagnosis
• CLO 5: Summarize a management plan for various surgical conditions based on updated evidence
• CLO 6: Communicate with empathy in a sensitive manner the diagnosis, management plans, complications and outcomes of relevant surgical disorders and procedures to patients and relatives displaying professionalism

MD6 Course description

During the course, known as sub-internship, the student learns by practical application of the basics of surgery learnt at MD5. MD 6 course aims to enable the student to work on and expand already acquired basic knowledge, clinical concepts, and skills in the field of surgery and help to integrate these competencies with professionalism and practice-based learning thus preparing students to become a competent and safe intern doctor who deliver wholistic and compassionate patient care. Having already spent one rotation in surgery, practical application of evidence-based medicine is stressed.

The contents of the course include both hospital and college-based activities.

Hospital-based activities include morning ward rounds and morning meetings with hospital faculty as well as department faculty. They also include attending outpatient department (OPD), operating theatre (OT) sessions. Clinical exposure is further boosted by attending Sohar extended health care center, day care OT, radiology department, lithotripsy room, and evening on-call sessions at Sohar hospital.

College-based activities include student led lectures supervised by faculty, called student-lead seminars (SLS) as well as Faculty lectures and student directed learning (SDLs). All these activities are interactive.
We are practicing both horizontal and vertical integration with other departments. Particularly popular is our “back to basics”integration session with the anatomy department which take place in the anatomy state of the art dissection room.

MD6 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

• CLO 1: Outline the aetio-pathogenesis of common surgical diseases that involves various organs and body systems based on updated evidence
• CLO 2: Correlate the relevant surgical anatomy and pathology in a clinical setting
• CLO 3: Demonstrate patient assessment including focused history, physical examination, and appropriate management to arrive at a differential diagnosis, and discuss the management of commonly encountered surgical diseases
• CLO 4: Perform basic surgical procedures at the bedside in clinical or simulated environment for therapeutic purposes
• CLO 5: Communicate with empathy in a sensitive manner the diagnosis, management plans, complications and outcomes of relevant surgical disorders and procedures to patients and relatives displaying professionalism