Program content

The inter-university certificate “Humanitarian surgery in austere environments” is a program comprising:

• A preparatory work by the student
• 90 hours of classes given face-to-face and in English

Preparatory work by the student

1. Review of human anatomy, with particular respect to musculo-skeletal and vascular anatomy (75 h)
    
2. International Humanitarian Laws – IHL (ICRC e-learning training Centre) (15 h)
   • a) Basic rules and principles of IHL (8 modules with evaluation)
   • b) Thematic module 1: health care in danger, the legal framework
   • c) Thematic module 2: rights and responsibilities of health-care personnel in armed conflicts and other emergencies  C) * ICRC textbooks (2 volumes) on war surgery (75 h)

3. * ICRC textbooks (2 volumes) on war surgery (75 h)

* Manuel de Chirurgie humanitaire [Manual for Humanitarian Surgery] (M. Ledecq, éditions Lavoisier)

* Top Knife. The art and craft of trauma surgery (Hirshberg & Mattox, Castle Hill Barns editors)

Humanitarian Surgery Course

1. Course program (90 h)
   • Introduction to humanitarian medicine and surgery
   • War surgery module
   • Resuscitation and anaesthesia module
   • Head, neck and spine surgery module
   • Plastic surgery module
   • Thoracic surgery module
   • Vascular surgery module
   • Abdominal surgery module
   • Urologic surgery module
   • Obstetrics module
   • Paediatric surgery module
   • Orthopaedic trauma
   • Logistics, pharmaceutics and specific questions
   • Hands-on lab
   • Evaluation
      
2. Course study (40 h)
    
3. Course evaluation (5 h)