TUTORIALS IN GENERAL SURGERY
LEADING TO
A DIPLOMA IN GENERAL SURGERY
TUTORIALS IN GENERAL SURGERY
LEADING TO A DIPLOMA IN GENERAL SURGERY
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A 4-year-course in General Surgery which is
problem-, competency- and community-based.
II. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the participant must be
able to:
1. Solve the surgical health problems of a
community.
2. Manage any patient with a general surgical
health problem.
3. Demonstrate self-directed learning.
4. Demonstrate skills in surgical education.
5. Demonstrate managerial skills.
6. Demonstrate skills in doing surgical research.
7. Pass the Philippine Board of Surgery
examination.
III. MAIN DOMAINS OF GENERAL SURGERY
1. Head and Neck
2. Breast
3. Abdomen and Hernia
4. Skin and Soft Tissue
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IV. PREREQUISITES TO THE COURSE
The applicant must
1. Have passed the Philippine Board of Medicine
Examination.
2. Have a license from the Professional
Regulation Commission to practice medicine in
the Philippines.
3. Have a hospital base where he can actually
manage surgical patients either primarily or
secondarily as assistant or as trainee.
4. Understand fully the objectives of the
Tutorials in General Surgery Course and pledge
to achieve them.
5. Be fully motivated to finish the Tutorials in
General Surgery Course.
6. Not be physically and mentally incapacitated
to take the Tutorials in General Surgery
Course.
V. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PASS THE COURSE
The participant must
1. Attend and participate actively in all the
prescribed tutorial sessions of the course.
2. Fulfill all the requirements of the Philippine
Board of Surgery as far as training for
general surgery is concerned (Residents'
logbook; required operations; conferences,
etc.).
3. Take the Philippine College of Surgeons' In-
Service Examinations at least two (2) times
during the 4-year course.
4. Fulfill all the other requirements of the
Tutorials in General Surgery Course (Reports;
case presentations; critique papers; etc.)
5. Pass the comprehensive examination of the
Tutorials in General Surgery Course.
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6. Pass the certifying examinations of the
Philippine Board of Surgery.
VI. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS PER COURSE -
FIFTEEN (15)
VII. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
ACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Community-based learning
Competency-based learning
Problem-based learning
Group discussions
Lecturettes
Independent studies
Demonstration and return demonstration
Simulated learning
Actual/direct patient contact/learning
Actual/direct community contact/learning
Tasks/projects
Hand-outs
Self-instructional programs
VIII. EVALUATION
1. Written examinations
2. Oral examinations
3. Practical examinations
4. Reports
5. Passing the comprehensive examination of the
Tutorials in General Surgery Course
6. Passing the Philippine Board of Surgery
written and oral examinations
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TUTORIALS IN GENERAL SURGERY
LIST OF SESSIONS
SESSION TOPICS/ACTIVITIES
I LEARNING AND MASTERY OF GENERAL SURGERY
II ACUTE TRAUMATIC ABDOMEN
III ACUTE NONTRAUMATIC ABDOMEN
IV NON-ACUTE SURGICAL ABDOMEN AND HERNIA
V THORACOCARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL DISEASES
VI BREAST SURGICAL DISEASES
VII HEAD AND NECK SURGICAL DISEASES
VIII SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE SURGICAL DISEASES
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
IX HERNIA AND UROLOGY
X PEDIATRIC SURGICAL DISEASES
XI ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
XII NEUROSURGERY
XIII RESEARCH
XIV PEDAGOGY
XV MANAGEMENT
XVI MEDICAL ETHICS AND LEGAL MEDICINE
XVII COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL SURGERY EXAM
REVIEW FOR PHILIPPINE BOARD OF SURGERY EXAM
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TUTORIALS IN GENERAL SURGERY
GENERAL MECHANICS OF SESSIONS
1. A session is held every three (3) months at a
designated center of learning, which is a hospital.
2. A session runs from 2 to 2 1/2 days.
3. The basic format of a session utilizes a problem-based
learning process in a small group of learners.
4. A session usually consists of:
Patient management problems
Small group discussion
Skills teaching and learning
5. Other learning activities may be added such as
Case presentation and discussion
(including morbidity and mortality review)
Journal article critique
Debates
Lecturettes
Independent Study
Projects
Others - depending on the objectives of the session
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TUTORIALS IN GENERAL SURGERY
REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION
1. Official application form from the Tutorials in General
Surgery Course
2. Personal letter of application
a. Addressed to the Course Director;
b. Expressing intention to enrol in the Tutorials in
General Surgery Course;
c. Giving reasons for wanting to enrol;
d. Expressing how the Course can be useful to the
applicant and to the community he will serve.
3. Xerox copy of the PRC card, which must be valid at the
time of application
4. Letters of recommendation, one each from the
a. Chief of Hospital
b. Department of Surgery Chairman (if there is)
of the hospital where the applicant is working
5. Description of the hospital where the applicant is
working
a. Name of hospital
b. Location
c. Total bed capacity
d. Total surgical bed
e. Total annual operation in the previous year
f. Top ten (1O) major surgical procedures done in the
previous year
6. Description of the surgical training program of the
hospital (if any)
a. How many years ? (4 or 5 ?)
b. Accredited with PCS ?
c. Name of chairman (Fellow, PCS or Diplomate, PBS ?)
d. Composition of consultant staff (names and
certification)
e. How many residents in the program ?
7. Two pictures (2 x 2)
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TUTORIALS IN GENERAL SURGERY
PICTURE 2 X 2
APPLICATION FORM
Name________________________________Sex___ Age___ B-day__________
Birthplace ______________________________________________________
Present Address _________________________________________________
Present Hospital of Work/Training _______________________________
C.S. ____ Spouse's Occupation __________________ No. of Kids ____
Premed (what, where) ________________________________ Year ______
M.D. (where) ________________________________________ Year ______
Internship (where)___________________________________ Year ______
Medical Licensure (when) ________________________________________
Postgraduate Training and Work Experience: ______________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Sports, Hobbies, Talents: ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
DECLARATION:
I fully understand the objectives and the mechanics of
the course.
______________________________
Signature
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Date
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