Curriculum

Core Curriculum Topics

• Cell Biology
• Genetics
• Pharmacokinetics and Antibiotics
• Wound Care, Wound Healing, and Complications of Surgery
• Surgical Nutrition and Metabolic Responses to Sepsis, Stress, and Starvation
• Surgical Infections/Cytokines
• Pathophysiology of Shock
• Anesthesia
• Analgesia Use and Pain Perception
• Transfusion Medicine
• Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Acid Base Balance
• Physiologic Monitoring
• Renal Physiology and Renal Failure
• Statistics for Surgeons
• Principles of Oncology
• Basic Concepts in Immunology
• Transplant Principles
• Vascular Surgery and Atherogenesis
• Endocrine – Thyroid/Parathyroid
• Endocrine – Adrenal
• Pancreas and Gut Hormones
• Physiologic Problems in the Pediatric Patient
• Preoperative Preparation
• Principles of Orthopedics

General Surgery Education Curriculum

• Fluids/Electrolytes/Body as a whole
• Gastrointestinal:
  • Esophagus
  • Stomach/Duodenum
  • Small Intestine
  • Colon
  • Anorectal
  • Pancreas
  • Liver/Spleen
  • Biliary
• Abdominal Wall and Hernia
• Trauma and Burns
• Critical Care
• Nutrition
• Infection
• Oncology
• Breast
• Endocrine
• Transplantation
• Cardiothoracic
• Vascular
• Pediatric
• Plastic
• Neurosurgery
• Genitourinary
• Gynecology
• Head and Neck
• Orthopedic

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