Track7: Surgical Approach to Diseases
A.Y. 2026/2027
Learning objectives
Track 7 focuses on the surgical care pathway, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of the methodology, objectives, and decision-making processes in surgery. The course addresses different surgical approaches, common procedures, and alternative techniques, highlighting their technical features and clinical applications. Students will learn how to integrate patient-specific clinical characteristics with procedural options to determine the appropriateness of surgical intervention and to tailor treatments for optimal outcomes. The track emphasizes evidence-based decision-making, personalized care, and the balance between technical feasibility and patient-centered considerations in surgical practice. By the end of the course, students are expected to understand how to plan, evaluate, and personalize surgical interventions in diverse clinical scenarios.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of this track, students will have acquired a comprehensive understanding of surgical methodology, objectives, and the decision-making process within the surgical care pathway. They will be able to recognize and differentiate between various surgical approaches, common procedures, and alternative techniques, understanding their technical features and clinical applications.
Students will also develop the ability to integrate patient-specific clinical characteristics into surgical planning, determining the appropriateness of interventions and personalizing treatment to achieve the best possible outcomes. By the end of the track, graduates will be capable of making evidence-based decisions, optimizing surgical strategies, and contributing to patient-centered care across a range of clinical scenarios
Students will also develop the ability to integrate patient-specific clinical characteristics into surgical planning, determining the appropriateness of interventions and personalizing treatment to achieve the best possible outcomes. By the end of the track, graduates will be capable of making evidence-based decisions, optimizing surgical strategies, and contributing to patient-centered care across a range of clinical scenarios
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
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Modules or teaching units
Cardiac surgery
MEDS-13/C - Heart Surgery - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
General surgery
MEDS-06/A - General Surgery - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Neurosurgery
MEDS-15/A - Neurosurgery - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Odontostomatological diseases
MEDS-16/A - Oral Diseases and Dentistry - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Ophthalmology
MEDS-17/A - Ophthalmology - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Orthopedics
MEDS-19/A - Orthopaedics - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Pediatric surgery
MEDS-14/B - Paediatric Surgery - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Plastic surgery
MEDS-14/A - Plastic Surgery - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Urology
MEDS-14/C - Urology - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours
Vascular surgery
MEDS-13/B - Vascular Surgery - University credits: 1
Lessons: 12.5 hours