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Explore surgical concepts within the surgical ward environment. In the surgical specialisation you will take a person- and family-centred approach to examine the theoretical concepts related to reconstructive procedures, traumatic injuries, aesthetic surgery for cancer, and orthopaedic conditions requiring surgery, rehabilitation and re-conditioning. Modules delve into post op management and complications, pre-operative and post-operative implications to surgical outcomes, detection and management of post-operative deterioration, surgical co-morbidities, and rehabilitation. The specialisation also covers integral anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the significance of polypharmacy in the context of pain assessment and management, and surgical risk models.
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