English Division
Dear English Division and Erasmus Students,
Our syllabuses are available here: sylabusy.umw.edu.pl
Seminars take place in USK (building B, 5th floor, conference room 6.91)
Didactic supervisor (Justyna Łuczak) consultation on Wednesdays at 9:00 AM (after previous appointment by email, Usk, building B, 5th floor, room 6.92a)
Schedule of the classes is here.
Detailed topics required for the credit of pediatric surgery course, 5th year:
SEMESTER I:
Lecture 1
A) Introduction to pediatric surgery
- Specialty characteristics
- Prenatal diagnostics
- Taking a history
- Postnatal symptoms & diagnostics
- Preparation for surgery
B) Congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract
- Common prenatal and postnatal symptoms of the GI tract diseases
- GI tract atresias
- Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
- Abdominal wall defects
- Hernias of the abdominal wall
- Malrotations and vulvulus
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Navel diseases - granuloma, infections, persistent yolk-intestinal tract, persistent urachus
Lecture 2
A) Acute abdominal diseases
- What are the symptoms of acute abdomen?
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Intussusception
- Acute appendicitis
- Meckel's diverticulum
- Incarcerated inguinal hernia
- Ovarian and fallopian tube cysts and their torsion
B) Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract - causes and course of bleeding in children, monitoring, management
Lecture 3
A) Chest defects
- Pectus excavatum
- Pectus carinatum
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital lung malformations
- Pneumothorax
- Pleural empyema
- Foreign bodies of respiratory tract
B) Congenital malformations of central nervous system, face and neck
- Hydrocephalus
- Spina bifida
- Thyroglossal duct cyst and branchial cleft anomalies
SEMESTER II
Lecture 4
Urinary system:
- Hydrocele
- Cryptorchidism
- Acute scrotum
- Phimosis
- Urolithiasis
- Other defects of the urinary system that require surgical consultation: Varicocele, Hydronephrosis, VUR (vesicoureteral reflux), Neurogenic bladder, PUV (posterior urethral valve), Hypospadias, Epispadias, bladder and cloacal extrophy
Lecture 5
A) Trauma:
- The most common injuries in children
- First aid in pediatric trauma (including wound debridement)
- Burns
- Post-traumatic shock - causes, diagnosis and treatment
- Child Abuse Syndrome
B) Solid tumors:
- Epidemiology of solid tumors in children
- Role of the pediatric surgeon in the oncological treatment
- Alarming symptoms and initial diagnosis: Nephroblastoma, Neuroblastoma, Soft tissue sarcomas, Bone tumors, Teratomas, Testicular tumors, Ovarian lesions, Hepatic tumors
- Rules of the correct biopsy
Kind regards,
Justyna Łuczak, MD, PhD
Didactic Supervisor (justyna.luczak@umw.edu.pl)
EDUCATIONAL REGULATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND CLINIC OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY AND UROLOGY
1. Exercises start at designated times according to the current schedule.
2. Criteria for passing the course:
2.1. Attendance at all classes.
2.2. Passing the written exam (open questions with the answer key, using at least 1 key word for each question required) conducted by the instructor during the last class in the semester.
2.3. In case of absence from classes, they should be made up on the same day of the week with another group.
2.3. If you fail the test, a resit test takes place during a consultation with the didactic supervisor.
2.4. In the event of failure to pass the exam within the "resit" deadline, the next exam is held in the presence of a committee composed of the Head of the Department and Clinic, a didactic supervisor and an assistant conducting the classes.
3. In justified cases, it is possible to make up the exercise during a consultation with the didactic supervisor
4. In justified cases, classes may be held online (epidemiological threat); in this case, educational materials will be made available to students through the materials repository on the university's website. The Clinic does not provide presentations to students during stationary classes. The knowledge necessary to pass the course is included in the recommended literature specified in the course syllabus.
5. The student may change the group only after presenting written consent issued by the Dean's Office.
6. The student is obliged to meet the currently applicable sanitary and epidemiological recommendations.
7. Didactic supervisor: Justyna Łuczak, MD, PhD, e-mail: justyna.luczak@umw.edu.pl