KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Acquire knowledge of the theory of basic techniques of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Furthermore, acquire an adequate terminology of the instruments used in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: be able to apply the acquired knowledge on ex vivo models, as a solid foundation for understanding the basic techniques of plastic and reconstructive surgery.
MAKING JUDGMENTS: acquire an adequate capacity for critical elaboration to discriminate the various techniques inherent in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: the acquisition of adequate biomedical terminology is essential for interfacing within the biomedical scientific community between colleagues and patients.
LEARNING SKILLS: the study of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is essential for the study of related disciplines (in particular, General Surgery).

To attend this course, with advantages, the student must have the basic knowledge of histology, anatomy, physiology and pathology.

- Wound healing
- Suture techniques
- Surgical instruments

Manuale di Chirurgia Plastica, Ricostruttiva ed Estetica – Scuderi, Rubino – 2014 – Piccin

- Wound healing
- Difficult wounds
- Suture techniques
- Surgical instruments
- Needles

Teaching methods are
- Lectures
- Practical training
The lectures will be supplemented with didactic videos on plastic and reconstructive surgery and dedicated ppts.

The power point presentations relating to the teaching units are available on the moodle@units and Microsoft Teams

The verification of learning and the achievement of the training objectives set by the course includes a final practical lesson during which students will be asked to perform the main suturing techniques taught in the frontal lessons. Passing or failing the practical exam is expressed by approval (approved-a/not approved-a). To obtain approval, the student must demonstrate knowledge of the main techniques of plastic surgery, know when to apply these techniques and have the ability to put them into practice on an ex vivo model. The non-approved student is not able to know the main techniques of plastic surgery and not even to apply them on an ex vivo model.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)