The subject Surgery I contributes to the development of the professional academic profile of the medical surgery graduate through the acquisition of knowledge and skills and training in the attitudes necessary for managing the patient from the initial consultation to pre, trans and postoperatory management to attentive, flexible and careful behavior in the operating room, as well as the skills that will be strengthened and extended during the 4th year with Surgery II.

The course has a theoretical and practical character and is divided into 70 hours of theory and 70 hours of practice, corresponding to two hours of theory and two hours of practice a week