Postgraduate Course: Emergency Trauma & General Surgery & Critical Care 3 (GENS12008)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | Advanced emergency and trauma surgery | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Apply knowledge to assessment and management of patients with complex trauma (including the multiply injured patient); Critically appraise the procedures employed in the investigation and management of acute surgically relevant disease; Practice in the context of new problems and circumstances; Demonstrate surgical leadership in management of complex trauma in multidisciplinary setting.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 1 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Written exam 60%, Coursework 40% | 
 
| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
|     Apply knowledge to assessment and management of patients with complex trauma (including the multiply injured patient); Critically appraise the procedures employed in the investigation and management of acute surgically relevant disease; Practice in the context of new problems and circumstances; Demonstrate surgical leadership in management of complex trauma in multidisciplinary setting.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Oluseye Ogunbayo 
Tel: (0131 6)51 4930 
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Course secretary | Ms Kim Pilgerstorfer 
Tel:  
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