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General Surgery Course

What will I learn?

Improve your surgical skills with our General Surgery Course for The Gambia, made for medical staff who want to be very good at removing appendixes. Learn about the newest ways of doing things, like ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) methods, using robots, and new ways to do keyhole surgery. Become good at getting patients ready for surgery, explaining what will happen to them so they understand, and setting up the operating theatre. Get better at checking patients, using scans and x-rays to find out what's wrong, and looking after them after the surgery. This short, high-quality course will make sure you know the latest and best ways of doing surgery here in The Gambia.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Get very good at using ERAS methods to help patients get better faster after surgery.

Use robots to make removing appendixes more accurate.

Learn new and better ways to do keyhole surgery for removing appendixes.

Be able to properly explain the surgery to patients and plan it well.

Be able to find appendicitis by using advanced scans and tests.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.