3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 8023132INR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (I) Postgraduate - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Pass/Non pass
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Educational team
Assaf Zeltzer
Marian Vanhoeij
Randy De Baerdemaeker
Moustapha Hamdi (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
7 contact hours Lecture
14 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
27 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Essential concepts in breast reconstruction: The psychological impact. Provision of information. How to assess and provide options. Influence of chemotherapy

  • How to setup a breast reconstruction unit
  • Immediate vs delayed breast reconstruction. Indications and contraindications
  • High risk breast cancer: Genetic breast cancer. Identifying women at high risk. Prophylactic mastectomy:
  • subcutaneous mastectomy, skin sparing mastectomy, nipple sparing mastectomy, nipple-areola sparing mastectomy
  • Radiotherapy in breast reconstruction: Timing post radiotherapy. The impact of ADM. Post autologous reconstruction
  • Breast reconstruction in special situations: Obese patients. Skinny patients. Elderly patients
Additional info

List of articles on PubMed.

Slides on Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The intended learning outcomes are situated in the organizational area of a department of plastic surgery, multidisciplinary consultation, intervention planning and preparation; as in a practical field with different surgical techniques and decision trees for treatment choice in the above mentioned domains. There is also a scientific part in which critical evaluation of scientific literature is taught, as is the writing & publishing of a scientific article.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

 

An exam is taken after completing the theoretical and practical sessions of the course concerned. Students have the opportunity to resit orally after a purely written exam if they wish (faculty exam regulations). If the student was unlawfully absent during the practical sessions, he may receive a score of 0/20 for this, which will be settled in the final grade or, where appropriate, refused to participate in the practical exam (faculty examination regulations).

 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Postgraduate Certificate Oncoplastic Surgery: Standaard traject