medical Science (endovascular)

Diploma in Medical Science (Endovascular)

(Specialist surgical training combined with 6 research modules- 1 Year 60 ECTS)

Research modules:

Sept, Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar

• Detect the validity and reliability of published evidence                                             
• Interpret published descriptive and inferential statistics
• Critical appraisal of published evidence
• Write a research proposal

Surgical Training:

Understand the basic concepts of all Endovascular surgery procedures, including

• Imaging equipment, radiation physics, and safety
• Diagnostic arteriography and venography
• Guide wire and catheter skills
• Percutaneous vascular access
• Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA)
• Subintimal Angioplasty
• Intravascular stents
• Pharmacologic and mechanical thrombolytic therapy
• Stent-graphs for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Coil embolization (to facilitate endovascular AAA repair)
• Closure of percutaneous access sites
• Accepted intra-arterial and intracaval filtering devices

Masters in Medical Science (Endovascular)  

(Specialist surgical training combined with 8 research modules - 2 Years 120 ECTS)           

Research modules:                                                                                  

Sept, Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar, Sept

• Evaluate published research
• Design your own research project
• Produce an appropriate research proposal and complete a research Thesis
• Publish results in core para-medical journal

Surgical Training:

• Obtain the fundamental skills and technical concepts of:
• Devices to facilitate and close vascular access
• Endovascular guide wires
• Diagnostic catheters
• Balloons for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
• Intravascular stents
• Percutaneous thrombectomy/thrombolysis devices or agents
• Endovascular grafts
• Coil and/or particulate embolization