Syllabus - MBBS

Orthopaedics 121
· Acute Pyogenic Ostyeomyelitis
· Chronic Pyogenic Osteomyelities
· Septic Arthritis
· Other Arthritides (Rheumatoid/Ank.Spond.)
· Osteo-articular tuberculosis:
· General consideration & principles of management
· Tuberculosis: Spine
· Poliomyelitis
· Bone Tumours: Benign tumors
· Bone Tumours: Malignant tumors
Integrated Seminars – Combined interdisciplinary seminars on subjects like
Arthritis, Tuberculosis, Osteoporosis etc.
ACQUISITION OF BASIC ORTHOPAEDIC SKILLS
The undergraduate learns:
· Application of splints and tractions
· Application of plaster. Slabs and casts
· Manipulative reduction of common fractures and dislocations.
· Infiltration of tender periarticular lesions.
· Aseptic technique of joint fluid aspiration.
DURATION OF TRAINING AND ROTATION PROGRAMMES (WARD/OT/OPD):
- Spends 6 (six) hours in orientation programme in the ward/OPD in the third semester. Learns basic
orthopedic examination skills and bedside manners.
- Spends 3 weeks in the department in the seventh semester.During this period he/she
- Learns bedside history taking in ward, OT exposures and casualty.
- Examine indoor (medical; preoperative and postoperative) patients learn examination, principles
of treatment and techniques of traction would care and splintage
- Attends OPD, operation theatre and emergency operations for acclimatization.
- Attends ward rounds.
- Participates in the teaching sessions in ward for bedside clinical in the weekly afternoon seminar/
journal club.
- Attends the weekly Journal Club and seminar.
- Attends scoliosis, polio, hand, CTEV and arthritis clinics.
- Surgicopathological conference in Pathology Department, with surgeons.
SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL
1. Case presentation in the ward and the afternoon special clinics (such as scoliosis/Hand clinics).
UG will present a clinical case for discussion before a faculty in the ward every morning.