Course program
Problem-solving interdisciplinary seminars twice a week, of 1 hour each, on clinical cases and relative diagnostic-therapeutic algorithms concerning the different digestive and endocrine-metabolic disorders that have been explained during the Integrated Pathology III Course, by integrating clinical diagnosis with Imaging, Pathologic Anatomy and Pharmacology.
Gastroenterology: Clinical management of dysphagia,gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel alterations, inflammatory diseases, acute and chronic abdominale pain, jaundice and hepathitis, neoplasia.
Endocrinology: Clinical management of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity, thyroid dysfunction, hypogonadism and infertility, endocrine hypertension, erectile dysfunction
Gender Medicine: For the classification of the various pathologies, the methodological approach will have to be "gender- oriented" since some of them might be influenced by the ovarian cycle during fertile age, by pregnancy and menopause.
The professional practice activity will be done simultaneously to that of the Integrated Pathology III Course
Prerequisites
Essential prerequisites for comprehension of and partecipative attendance to the problem-solving interdisciplinary seminars discuss during the Course, an adequate knowledge of the topics covered in the Courses of: Biochemistry, Physiology, Pathology and General Physiopathology, Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Medical-Scientific Methodology (II-III) is required.
To meet requirements for the access to the exam, the student must have obtained the eligibility from the Integrated Scientific Medical Methodology Course I (1st semester) and must have attended at least 67% of the lessons of the Course.
Books
- Unigastro - Manuale di Gastroenterologia - Edizione 2016 - 2019 - A cura del Coordinamento Nazionale Docenti Universitari di Gastroenterologia - Contenuti multimediali inclusi - Editore: Il Pensiero Scientifico (2016) (ISBN 8849005636
- Manuale di Endocrinologia di F. Lombardo, A. Lenzi – EdiSES (2017) (ISBN 9788879599566)
- Sabiston: Trattato di Chirurgia: Le basi biologiche della moderna pratica chirurgica – Editore: Antonio Delfino Editore (ISBN 8872872871)
Teaching mode
Problem-solving teaching: Interactive clinical case resolution.
Frequency is mandatory. The student must attend to at least 67%of the lessons of the Course.
Frequency
In presence
Exam mode
Written exam at the end of the Course (30 multiple choice test, 40 minutes).
Questions will deal both with the clinical cases discuss during the Methodology Course and the methodological aspects of the topics treated by the same teachers during the Integrated Pathology III Course.
The final mark will be calculated on the basis of the percentage of correct answers given by the student (i.e. 50%: mark 18; 90%: mark 30 and honors)
Lesson mode
Problem-solving teaching: Interactive clinical case resolution.
Frequency is mandatory. The student must attend to at least 67%of the lessons of the Course.
