The course covers three main areas:

• Open Surgery

• Electrosurgery

• Endoscopic Surgery

  
  

By the end of the course, students will:

• Understand and practise safe operating techniques, gowning and gloving.

• Understand and practise the correct techniques for laying safe surgical knots.

• Understand the characteristics and handling of surgical instruments.

• Understand that careful and sound aspects of technique are more important than simple manual dexterity or speed.

• Understand the principles of handling tissues and recognise differing requirements for differing sites (eg skin, bowel, abdominal wall, vessels and tendons).

• Understand and practise local anaesthetic techniques.

• Understand the principles of assessment, and primary surgical management of infected and contaminated soft tissues.