Doctors Revision

Surgery curriculum

General surgical principles

Clinical skills

Anaesthesia and perioperative care

Gastrointestinal surgery

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Orthopaedics and trauma

Endocrine, breast and testicular surgery

Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery

Neurosurgery

Urology

Ear, nose and throat

Ophthalmology

Paediatric surgery

Oral surgery

References & further reading

National Council for Higher Education. Minimum Standards for Courses of Study in Medicine and Surgery — Undergraduate Programmes (2007), section 8.14. Reading-list editions are recorded as listed; consult your tutors or library for current editions.

NCHE reading list — 2007 benchmark
  1. Textbook of Surgery by Bailey and Love
  2. Davey’s companion to surgery in Africa
  3. Outlines of Orthopaedics by Crawford Adams
  4. Primary Surgery by Maurice King and Peter Bewes
  5. Emergency Surgery by Hamilton Bailey
  6. Principles and Practice of Surgery by Forrester and Carter and Macleod
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