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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Code: OPT5_19     Acronym: CPR

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Medicine

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (of 03-03-2025 to 13-06-2025) Ícone do Moodle

Active? Yes
Responsible unit: Medical Teaching
Course/CS Responsible: Integrated Masters Degree in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym No. of Students Study Plan Curricular Years Credits UCN Credits ECTS Contact hours Total Time
MIM 5 Official Study Plan 5 - 3 32 81

Teaching - Hours

Theoretical and practical : 2,00
Type Teacher Classes Hour
Theoretical and practical Totals 1 2,00
Alberto Abel Gomes de Campos Mesquita 2,00

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives



The purpose of Plastic and Reconstrutive Surgery lessons is to provide a concise, practical and comprehensive covering of the entire field of the surgical speciality. The lessons are intended for those medical students interested in plastic surgery but the scope may also make it useful to those interested in related surgical disciplines whose fields share common anatomic turf with plastic surgery. Teachers challenge is to cover the entire spectrum of plastic surgery, yet shorten and condense each topic to its essentials.


The learning combines theoretical and practical lessons done with the group of medical students together.


This course provides the methodological basis for understanding the identification and treatment of the most frequent issues in plastic surgery practice, and the medical students are expected to achieve these goals.

Learning outcomes and competences


The mission of Plastic Surgery teaching is to provide medical students with theoretical and practical knowledge of the most frequent clinical situations, being able to formulate the diagnosis and indicate the adequate medical or surgical treatment.

Working method

Presencial

Program


  • Basic techniques and principles in Plastic Surgery. Principles of microvascular surgery. Microsurgical repair of peripheral nerves and nerve grafts.

  • Flaps in Reconstrutive Plastic Surgery. A systematic approach to the diferent body segments.

  • Burn trauma

  • Head and neck reconstruction. Scalp, calvarium and forehead reconstruction.

  • Upper limb and hand reconstruction

  • Trunk and lower extremity reconstrution

  • Reconstrutive surgery of genitalia

  • Breast reconstruction following mastectomy

  • Reduction and augmentation mamoplasty. Gynecomastia.

  • Body contouring surgery

  • Pressure sores

  • Face surgery. Rhinoplasty.

  • Skin tumors and vascular anomalies

  • Congenital anomalies of the head, hand and forearm. Reconstruction of the ear.

  • Braquial plexus injuries.

  • Reconstruction of the paralyzed face

Mandatory literature

Grabb and Smith`s; Plastic Surgery 7th Ed,, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Teaching methods and learning activities

It is offered as a two-hour/week in-person theoretical and practical course, evaluating specific clinical cases, gathering and analyzing patient information. This includes identifying clinical issues, understanding therapeutic possibilities and setting treatment goals.


 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation Weight (%)
Participação presencial 50,00
Prova oral 50,00
Total: 100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo 49,00
Frequência das aulas 32,00
Total: 81,00

Eligibility for exams

75% lessons participation

Calculation formula of final grade

Final examination – 50% (final interview)

Continuous assessment – 50%

Minimum grade in the final exam - 9.5 points

Students with special statuses, who do not attend classes, the final grade results from the final exam (oral) – 100%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final examination – 100% (final interview)

 

Classification improvement

Final examination – 50% (final interview)

Continuous assessment – 50%

Minimum grade in the final exam - 9.5 points

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