Industrial pharmacy (Latina Campus)

STEFANIA GARZOLI

General expected learning outcomes
The course on the Use of Latest Generation Radiopharmaceuticals aims to illustrate to the student how radiopharmaceuticals have 'evolved' according to the criteria of precision medicine, managing to selectively irradiate tumor cells. Several innovative radiopharmaceuticals will be illustrated highlighting both the chemical structure and the mechanism of action. Furthermore, particular attention will be paid to the new frontier of theragnostics where diagnosis and therapy are combined in order to obtain the desired results with a single administration.

Specific expected learning outcomes
1. Knowledge and understanding
The student will be aware of all the aspects described above regarding the production (synthesis and labeling methods) of the main radiopharmaceuticals used for the osteoarticular system, for the pulmonary system, for the gastrointestinal system, for the urinary system and for the central nervous system.

2. Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student will have knowledge of the importance of using a radiopharmaceutical in nuclear medicine. You will be able to recognize the mechanisms that link the detection system of a radiation emitted by a radiopharmaceutical with the identification of an ongoing pathological process either of inflammatory origin or inherent to the presence of a tumor form. You will be able to discriminate between the radiopharmaceuticals on the market, those to be used for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. You will know the benefits and possible risks of using a radiopharmaceutical.

3. Making judgments
The lessons will all be frontal and interactive, during which the students will be stimulated to make connections with the various parts of the program carried out and with the notions previously acquired in the course of other teachings of the previous years. This in order to collectively involve the class in an active and critical way throughout the duration of the course.

4. Communication skills
The assessment of the student's learned notions will be carried out through a written test and possibly an oral test which will focus on all the topics of the program, testing the student's communication skills with respect to what she has learned.

5. Learning skills
The student will be able to independently continue the study of the subject thanks to a series of handouts provided by the teacher and recommended textbooks for further study. This will allow the student to always have the material available on which to review the topics covered.