Medicine and Surgery

Contents: Introduction to Clinical Medicine; Introduction to physical examination; Introduction to Medical Diagnosis; Introduction to Medical Record; The Doctor-Patient Relationship; To cure and to care; Illness, Disease, Sickness; Evidence-based Medicine; How is evidence generated; How to search the sources of evidence; How to perform a bibliographic search; How to read a scientific paper. APP: Doing an imformatic library research; Analyzing tools for scientific papers: How to use e-portfolio tools These activities will be held in classroom. These activities are strictly linked with the contents of the course, in particular with the section dedicated to the evidence-based medicine. After attending these APPs, the students will be able to perform by themselves a literature search and to orient themselves within the digital resources, with the needed critical approach.

Basic knowledge of statistics, history of medicine, basic biology, basics of clinical medicine

Suggested Textbooks: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine; Goldman-Cecil Medicine.

mandatory

Evaluation methods: Written Exam (Multiple choice questions); oral exam only upon request and after written exam. The questions will also focus on the knowledge acquired with the APPs.

Lectures and practicals