Course: Orthopedics

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Course title Orthopedics
Course code ORT/PTA31
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svoboda Michal, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Nieslaniková Eva, MUDr.
  • Turan Matej, MUDr.
  • Gallo Jiří, prof. MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1.Introduction. Diagnostics of musculoskeletal diseases. 2.Basic types of orthopaedic surgery. 3.Children's orthopaedics - VDK, CVA, PEC, DMO, M. LCP. 4.Degenerative joint disease. 5.Inflammation of the tendons, muscles, entezopathy. 6.Hemophilic arthropathy. Charcot's joint. 7.Scoliosis. Defective hold. M. Scheuermann. Low back pain. 8.Static defects of the lower limbs. 9.Joint instability. 10.Sport orthopaedics. ASK operations. Arthroscopy surgery. 11.Complications of orthopaedic surgery. Compartment sy. 12.Basics of technical orthopaedics. 13.Rehabilitation after total hip, knee endoprosthesis, shoulder rehabilitation after surgery and plastic surgeries of the knee joint. 14.Orthopaedic inflammation. Pseudoarthrosis and their treatment. 15.Tumours of the musculoskeletal system. 16.Amputation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Within the course of Orthopaedics will be gradually presented the basics of diagnostics and therapy of inborn and acquired defects of the musculoskeletal system.
During the study the student gains basic overview of orthopaedic diseases and possibilities of their conservative or surgical therapy. An introduction to diagnostics of musculoskeletal disorders, differential diagnostics and "evidence-based medicine" is also part of the course. The seminars deal with prosthetic and ortetic problems.
Prerequisites
unspecified
BIO/PTA01 and LBF/PTB01 and KFA/PTA01 and OPD/PTB01 and KFA/PTB22 and NAN/PTA02 and NAN/PTB02

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Dandy, D.J. (2009). Essential Orthopaedics and Trauma. Churchill Livingstone.
  • MAGEE, David J. (2008). Orthopedic physical assessment. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Skinner, H. B. (2013). Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics. McGraw-Hill Professional.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Physiotherapy (2019) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter