Surgery Revision Course

Designed to cover the "need to know" aspects of surgery for final year exams, the Surgery Revision Course looks at approaches for various exam formats, revision technique and "hot topics" that are favourites with examiners.

The MDU Surgery Revision Course will be run by respected medical educator and surgeon, Mr Barry Paraskeva BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), FRCS, PhD. Barry has tutored final MB students in surgery revision seminars for over eight years and has won a number of awards for his teaching, including Teacher of the Year from Imperial College, London and the prestigious Rector's Award. Barry is also an OSCE examiner.

All weekend courses run from 9am - 5pm.

Autumn 2009 surgery revision weekend
Registration fee: £120 full, £95 discounted*
University of Glasgow

14 - 15 November 2009

King's College London, Waterloo Campus

21 - 22 November 2009

University of Manchester

28 - 29 November 2009

2010 surgery revision weekend
University of Leicester

30 - 31 January 2010

University of Newcastle

13 - 14 March 2010

King's College London, Guys Campus

27 - 28 March 2010

University of Liverpool

10 - 11 April 2010

Course content
Day 1 - morning

Introduction
Fluid balance, nutrition and shock
The acute abdomen/ surgical emergencies
Hernias

Day 1 - afternoon

Skin diseases
Breast disease
Thyroid surgery and neck lumps

Day 2 - morning

Trauma, fractures and orthopaedics
Venous disease
Arterial conditions

Day 2 - afternoon

Urology for finals
Surgical radiology
Exam technique

2010 surgery revision ten-week
Registration fee: £235 full
£205 discounted*

King's College London, Waterloo Campus

Thursday evenings
6.30pm to 9.30pm
18 February - 22 April 2010
Course content
Week 1

Introduction
Fluid balance, nutrition and shock
Venous disease

Week 2

Upper GI surgery
Oesophagael disorders
Gastric disease
Gallstones and the biliary tree
The spleen

Week 3

Lower gastrointestinal conditions

Week 4

Breast disease
Thyroid surgery and neck lumps

Week 5 Hernias
Arterial conditions
Week 6 Trauma, fractures and orthopaedics
Week 7 Perioperative care
Pancreatic disorders
Week 8 Urology for finals
Skin diseases
Week 9 Topical issues
Surgical radiology
Equipment in practice
Week 10

Exam technique

  • Written exams
  • Multi-option exams
  • Clinical exams
  • Vivas
  • OSCE advice

* Discount is available if you have joined the MDU for your F1/intern year.

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