FINAL YEAR WARD CLASSES
Time - Friday 2.00 – 4.00pm
Venue – Research Room, Department of Surgery/Lecture Room Surgery Ward Extension
Each Group will have eight 2-hour sessions. We will integrate the following components into each of the sessions as shown below:
- Communication Skills
- Surgical theory (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice)
- Facing the Final Examination
SESSION 1 INTRODUCTION
| COMMUNICATION SKILLS | SURGICAL THEORY
| FINAL EXAMINATION |
SESSION 2
| Information Gathering | HPB, Upper GI, Lower GI
| Long case 1 – History taking, Examination, Investigation |
SESSION 3 | Information Processing | Vascular, Urological, HPB, Upper/lower GI | Long case 2 – Discussion, formulating a medical case, justifying interventions |
SESSION 4 | Information giving | Critical care 3 topics – SBAR handover, patient information, consenting | VIVA-VOCE Facing the oral components of the Final Examination
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SESSION 5 | Communication through writing, Essay, documentation | three Final Year Essays to be discussed by the mentee group | ESSAY SEQ, SAQ |
SESSION 6 | Communication through Multimedia and IT resources | OSCE test to be developed by the group | OSCE/OSPE |
SESSION 7 | Short Exercises in communication | Hernia, breast, thyroid, vascular, varicose veins, lump, ulcer | SHORT CASES |
SESSION 8
| Extra/requested topics | Extra/requested topics | MCQ/Extra requested topics |
Dr Manjula Peiris MBBS MD MRCS FMAS
Consultant Surgeon, Senior Lecturer
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Peradeniya
