BME 5740 - [Protocols and Fundamentals of Surgery]

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

S. Solomon.

It has been well established that practical experience enhances didactic learning. The aim of this course is to expose students of engineering to the day to day aspects of working in an Operating Room and to understand the art and science of surgery so that they can better serve the surgical community when working in the medical field upon graduation. The lectures are supplemented with experiential learning in a hands-on, training operating room using synthetic and preserved animal specimens at Cornell’s prestigious School of Veterinary Medicine. Surgical scrub, gowning, gloving, instrumentation, suturing, internal fixation, as well as surgical documentation, pre and post operative protocols, aseptic technique and medical terminology will be explored.