JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

BACHELOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

SEMESTER IV

SUBJECT: GENERAL SURGERY

SUBJECT CODE: BPTGSCO402T22

Hrs\wk Credit Total marks Total

L T P L T P Theory Practical

100

3 0 0 3 0 0 100 -

1. Overview: This course involves the management of general surgical, abdominal, pulmonary,
cardiac, shocks, burns and plastic surgical conditions. Identification and description of the
instruments used for investigation and practice for management of general surgical,
abdominal, pulmonary, cardiac, shocks, burns and plastic surgical conditions will be
discussed.

2. Course Objectives: The student should be able to describe the management of general
surgical, abdominal, pulmonary, cardiac, shocks, burns and plastic surgical conditions with
a special emphasis on conditions involving Physiotherapy & rehabilitation.

3. Course Outcomes: The student will be able to explore, identify, understand, and relate to
the following:

CO1 Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of general surgery, shock,

hemorrhage, burns.

CO2 Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of plastic surgery, tendon

transfer, cosmetic surgery, grafts.
 4. Content:

Unit I: General Surgery

Unit II: Plastic Surgery.

5. Session Plan:

Topics Class
Exercise/Assignmen
ts
I General Surgery Case Discussions
a) Principles of Pre and postoperative management of surgical
patients.
b) Common pre and post operative complications.
c) Shock - definition, types, clinical features, pathology and
management
d) Hemorrhage- common sites, complication, clinical features and
management.
e) Surgical intensive care.
f) Description of events frequently accompanying in general
anesthesia, blood transfusion and physiological response of the
body to surgery.
g) Abdominal surgery: Incisions, complications and management of
various abdominal surgeries, like appendicectomy, gastrectomy,
cholecystectomy, hepatectomy.
h) Wounds and wound infections, Sinuses, fistula & ulcers with
types.
i) Burns: Degrees of burns and, management and reconstructive
surgery following burns and complications of Burns.

II Plastic Surgery Video Display

a) Principles of cineplasty
b) Tendon transplant
c) Cosmetic surgery
d) Types of grafts
e) Surgery of hand with emphasis on management of trauma and
leprosy

6. Pedagogy: Lectures, Case Methods, Presentations, Video Clips, Assignments, Classroom

Interaction.

7. Recommended Readings:
a) Bailey & Love’s Short Practice of Surgery; 27th Edition (2013); Taylor & Francis Publication
b) A Textbook of Surgery: S. Das; 11th Edition; Dr. Somen Das Publication; 2018
8. Assessment Plan

Components Weightage (in percentage)

1.ContinuousEvaluation: Classroom Interaction & Quiz 20%
2.TopicPresentation 15%
3.Assignments 15%
4.InternalExam 50 %

9. Plagiarism: Academic honesty is an essential aspect of teaching and learning in Jaipur National
University programs where action is based on inquiry and reflection. Jaipur National University
takes academic honesty seriously and practices like this are often avoided. This School of
Physiotherapy verifies that no plagiarism, copying or falsification of data has been performed
while designing the curriculum.