SRGT 106B - Surgical Fundamentals I

1. Identify personal learning styles
2. Define good and bad stressors
3. Describe and define techniques for tissue exposure and devices
4. Analyze and assess the factors that influence wound closure
5. Compare and contrast suture selection, preparation, handling and cutting techniques
6. Diagram and describe needle properties
7. Understand proper placement, handling, loading and disposal of surgical needles
8. Evaluate assembly and applications of surgical stapling instruments
9. Compare and contrast biological adhesives
10. Analyze and evaluate surgical tissue replacements and understand techniques for proper handling for proper handling and use of tissue replacements
11. List types and purposes of dressing, sponges and packing
12. Understand and discuss proper surgical dressing techniques
13. Compare and contrast the most commonly used types of surgical and specialty dressings
14. Define, discuss and understand types and characteristics of catheters and draining devices
15. Define proper procedures for surgical use of catheters and draining devices
16. Identify terms, understand principles and types, and apply electrical knowledge to safe patient care
17. Identify terms, understand principles and types and apply electrical knowledge to safe patient care
18. Discuss physics, electricity and other biotechnical sciences as they pertain to surgery
19. Identify the types and uses of surgical lasers and other biotechnical equipment
20. List the components of the operative permit
21. State the process and purposes of proper patient identification
22. Discuss basic physical and biological needs of the patient
23. Identify and discuss specific needs relating to age and health of the patient
24. Define and discuss function of work groups
25. Classify common types and sources of conflict in the workplace
26. Distinguish between assertive and aggressive behaviors
27. Develop awareness of cultural perspectives
28. Compare and contrast the concepts of team management
29. Understand the Patient’s Bill of Rights
30. Apply principles of problem solving in ethical decision processes
31. Define and discuss the role of morality in the ethical decision process
32. Assess errors that may occur in the operating room and devise a plan for investigation, correction and notification
33. Compare and contrast professional liabilities in the surgical setting