Medical Skills Education and Innovation Centre · Subjects · Basic Surgical Techniques

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027

Course director

Szántó Zalán János

associate professor,
Medical Skills Education and Innovation Centre
szantozalan@gmail.com

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 6 hours

practices: 22 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 28 hours

Subject data

Code of subject: OAP-MUA-T
2 kredit
General Medicine
Preclinical modul
autumn semester

Prerequisites:

OAA-AA2-T finished , OAA-EL2-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 1 – max. 999

Topic

The aim of the subject is to practice the basic surgical techniques, to present hygienic approach, which attainments are indispensable for clinical doctors working in the manual field of medicine. This subject provides the basics about special behaviour in the operating theatre, preparation of the patient and surgical team before operation, surgical tools and instruments, wound management, laparoscopic instruments and techniques.

Lectures

1. Presentation of the Department, curriculum and a surgical career. - Szántó Zalán János
2. Demonstration of the operating room and technical background, sterilisation, desinfection. - Szántó Zalán János
3. Classification and managements of wounds, principle of wound-healing, haemorrhage and bleeding control - Szántó Zalán János
4. The operation (acute, elective, patient preoperative management, surgical explorations) - Szántó Zalán János
5. Basics of laparoscopic surgery - Szántó Zalán János
6. Basics of robotic surgery - Szántó Zalán János

Practices

1. The basic rules of the behavior in the operating theatre; scrubbing-gowning-gloving, preparation of the operation area (desinfection, isolation).
2. The basic rules of the behavior in the operating theatre; scrubbing-gowning-gloving, preparation of the operation area (desinfection, isolation).
3. Demonstration of the basic surgical tools, practicing their use.
4. Demonstration of the basic surgical tools, practicing their use.
5. Knot tying.
6. Knot tying.
7. Practicing of basic interrupted sutures on skill models.
8. Practicing of basic interrupted sutures on skill models.
9. Practicing of basic running sutures on skill models.
10. Practicing of basic running sutures on skill models.
11. Basics of laparoscopic surgery: demonstration of laparoscopic surgical tools, training of eye-hand coordination.
12. Basics of laparoscopic surgery: demonstration of laparoscopic surgical tools, training of eye-hand coordination.
13. Laparoscopic training in boxtrainer.
14. Laparoscopic training in boxtrainer.
15. Ambulatory surgical practice
16. Ambulatory surgical practice
17. Cooperative surgical simulation
18. Cooperative surgical simulation
19. Repetition of previous learned techniques.
20. Repetition of previous learned techniques
21. Practical exam, skill assessment.
22. Practical exam, skill assessment.

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

http://aok.pte.hu/hu/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/130

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

According to the Code of Studies and Examinations.

Mid-term exams

there is no mid-term examination

Making up for missed classes

Attendance is obligatory at every practice. Because of the limited capacity of our operating theatre absence cannot be solved by joining another group. One missed practice can be repeated in the 11th week of the semester. The exact time will be on the website of the institute (http://soki.aok.pte.hu).

Exam topics/questions