Medicine and Surgery HT

Activity type

C_20. Scienze umane, politiche della salute e management sanitario e lingua inglese

SSD

M-PSI/05

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12.5 classroom hours

Lecturers

MAURO GIACOMANTONIO

Activity type

C_04. Clinica psichiatrica e discipline del comportamento

SSD

M-PSI/08

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12.5 classroom hours

Lecturers

GIUSEPPINA PORCIELLO

Activity type

C_02. Fisiopatologia, metodologia clinica, propedeutica clinica e sistematica medico-chirurgica, C_17. Medicina di comunità e cure primarie, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento

SSD

MED/09, MED/09, MED/09

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

3

Hours distribution

25 classroom hours, 25 others hours

Lecturers

STEFANIA BASILI
GIORGIO SESTI
ANGIOLINA CATIZONE
ROBERTO CANGEMI
MARCELLA VISENTINI
SALVATORE OLIVA
LUCIA STEFANINI
VALERIA RAPARELLI
GIOVAMBATTISTA DESIDERI
LAURA D'ERASMO
ANDREA BOTTICELLI

Activity type

C_20. Scienze umane, politiche della salute e management sanitario e lingua inglese

SSD

MED/02

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

2

Hours distribution

25 classroom hours

Lecturers

VALENTINA GAZZANIGA
SILVIA IORIO

Activity type

C_02. Fisiopatologia, metodologia clinica, propedeutica clinica e sistematica medico-chirurgica

SSD

MED/18

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12.5 classroom hours

Lecturers

GIANLUCA MENNINI

Activity type

C_20. Scienze umane, politiche della salute e management sanitario e lingua inglese

SSD

BIO/08

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12.5 classroom hours

Lecturers

GIORGIO MANZI

The course has the general goal of providing both theoretical and practical tools that enable students to acquire the fundamental skills needed to understand the basic communicative dynamics of human interaction, as well as those that more specifically characterize certain aspects of the medical profession.
By the end of the course, students will have acquired knowledge concerning:
- the basic principles of communication and the main obstacles to effective communication (miscommunication);
- the fundamental principles underlying interpersonal persuasion;
- nonverbal communication in its various components, including cross-cultural differences;
- elements of interpersonal conflict resolution and integrative negotiation;
-communication of bad news in medical contexts.
Students will also acquire basic tools for information literacy and learn key concepts of methods for informational and documentary research in electronic and digital environments, including:
-defining information competence;
-verifying its areas of development and application;
- understanding its strategic use in university education;
-learning some techniques for expert online bibliographic research;
-highlighting key aspects of scientific communication.

The course has the general goal of providing both theoretical and practical tools that enable students to acquire the fundamental skills needed to understand the basic communicative dynamics of human interaction, as well as those that more specifically characterize certain aspects of the medical profession.
By the end of the course, students will have acquired knowledge concerning:
- the basic principles of communication and the main obstacles to effective communication (miscommunication);
- the fundamental principles underlying interpersonal persuasion;
- nonverbal communication in its various components, including cross-cultural differences;
- elements of interpersonal conflict resolution and integrative negotiation;
-communication of bad news in medical contexts.
Students will also acquire basic tools for information literacy and learn key concepts of methods for informational and documentary research in electronic and digital environments, including:
-defining information competence;
-verifying its areas of development and application;
- understanding its strategic use in university education;
-learning some techniques for expert online bibliographic research;
-highlighting key aspects of scientific communication.

Competence in performing a comprehensive physiological and pathological anamnesis.

Module: Social information and communication techniques
The teaching program is divided into four main themes

1) Elements of human communication and persuasion
2) Non-verbal communication
3) Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
4) The Spikes protocol for reporting bad news


Module: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES OF PERSONALITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATIENT
The course will be structured into the following thematic blocks:
• The main theoretical models of clinical psychology (psychoanalysis, behaviorism, cognitivism, systemic-family approach);
• The relational and communicative dimensions in psychological and clinical processes



Module: CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF THE BODY HEALTH AND DISEASE
Course topics / Areas of study:
-Doctor-patient communication.
-The importance of language and word choice in diabetes management.
-Effective presentation of clinical studies.



Module: ETHICS AND MORAL PRINCIPLES
Human sciences and medicine: why MH in a Medical Degree? Narrative medicine;Evolution of the concept of illness and disease, medicine as culture; from the ontological and theurgic conception to genetic pathologies health and disease in the Ancient age; health and disease in the Middle Age; health and disease in the Modern Age ; health and disease in the contemporary age; the idea of contagion and the development of bacteriology; experience and experiment in medicine; from empiricism to the measurement of phenomena in medicine; from didactic dissection to anatomy; - pathological anatomy and cellular pathology; epistemological revolutions of medical science; history of health care; the critical analysis of interaction between biomedical services and population; the impact of biomedicine and biomedical technologies; illness-sickness-disease; Equity in Health; determinants oh health; bio-psyhco-social approach; structural violence; social suffering; neuroscience;


Module: INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL SURGERY
N/D
Module: PSYCHO-SOCIAL HISTORY INTER-PROFESSIONAL TEAM AND CENTRALITY OF THE PATIENT IN THE CARE PROCESS.

N/D

Module: Social information and communication techniques
Students will be able to use the material made available by the teacher (Slides of the lessons and articles) published on the "Classroom" group of the course


Module: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES OF PERSONALITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATIENT
Slides and materials provided by the professor on elearning

For more material
Manuale di Psicologia Clinica
Maria Cristina Verrocchio
Ed. PICCIN (only ita)


Psicologia Clinica english version
Anna Kring, Sheri Johnson,
Gerald Davison, John Neale
Ed. Zanichelli


Module: CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF THE BODY HEALTH AND DISEASE
GIORGIO SESTI
MANUALE DI SEMEIOTICA MEDICA • Il metodo clinico passo dopo passo. EDRA Edizioni


Module: ETHICS AND MORAL PRINCIPLES
Berlinguer G., 2000, Bioetica quotidiana, Firenze, Giunti.
Good, Byron J, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Sharon Abramowitz, Arthur Kleinman, and Catherine Panter-Brick. 2014. Medical humanitarianism: Research insights in a changing field of practice. Social Science & Medicine 120:311 - 316. Publisher's Version
Byron Good, 2006, Narrare la malattia. Lo sguardo antropologico sul rapporto medico paziente, Torino, Einaudi.
Yang, Lawrence H, et al. 2014.What matters most: A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma. Social Science & Medicine 103:84 - 93. Publisher's VersionAbstract
Conforti M., Corbellini G., Gazzaniga V., 2011, Dalla cura alla scienza. Malattia, salute e società nel mondo occidentale, Encyclomedia PublishersBeauchamp



Module: INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL SURGERY
N/D
Module: PSYCHO-SOCIAL HISTORY INTER-PROFESSIONAL TEAM AND CENTRALITY OF THE PATIENT IN THE CARE PROCESS.

N/D

Module: Social information and communication techniques
Anolli, L. (2006). Psicologia della comunicazione. Il Mulino.
Bonaiuto, M., & Maricchiolo, F. (2003). La comunicazione non verbale. Carocci.
Pruitt, D. G., & Carnevale, P. J. (1993). Negotiation in social conflict. Thomson Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Baile, W. F., Buckman, R., Lenzi, R., Glober, G., Beale, E. A., & Kudelka, A. P. (2000). SPIKES—a six‐step protocol for delivering bad news: application to the patient with cancer. The oncologist, 5(4), 302-311.



Module: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES OF PERSONALITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATIENT
N/D
Module: CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF THE BODY HEALTH AND DISEASE
N/D
Module: ETHICS AND MORAL PRINCIPLES
N/D
Module: INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL SURGERY
N/D
Module: PSYCHO-SOCIAL HISTORY INTER-PROFESSIONAL TEAM AND CENTRALITY OF THE PATIENT IN THE CARE PROCESS.

N/D

Teaching methods:
Teaching activities will include in-person lectures, asynchronous remote learning, in-person practical training in hospital wards, outpatient clinics, and day hospitals, practical exercises, seminars, simulations, laboratory experiences, preparation of written assignments, clinical case analyses, and the use of online learning tools.

Attendance requirements:
Attendance is mandatory for at least 70% of the scheduled class hours. This threshold is considered the minimum requirement for fulfilling the attendance obligation.

Assessment methods:
The evaluation will be conducted through written examinations consisting of multiple-choice questions and oral assessments.

When communicating bad news, which factors should the physician aim to control in organizing the meeting?

What are the four dimensions on which patient-centered medicine is based?

Which of the following expressions may help reduce stress in people with diabetes?

What is the logical sequence that should be followed in communication during a patient-centered clinical consultation?

Module: Social information and communication techniques

• 1) Elements of human communication and persuasion


• 2) Non-verbal communication


• 3) Conflict Resolution and Negotiation


• 4) The Spikes protocol for reporting bad news

• Classroom lectures based on the syllabus
  • Books: See testi section

• Classroom lectures based on the syllabus
  • Books: See testi section

• TOPIC 1 -- Historical outline of evolutionary biology with introductory topics in bio-naturalistic anthropology-- 5 hours of lectures
  • Books: Manzi G. (2018). Il grande racconto dell'evoluzione umana. Il Mulino, Bologna -- Chapters I-III


• TOPIC 2 -- The Human Species in the Primate Order -- 2,5 hours of lectures
  • Books: Manzi G. (2018). Il grande racconto dell'evoluzione umana. Il Mulino, Bologna -- Chapter IV


• TOPIC 3 -- Discussion of some topics concerning human evolution, with particular reference to bipedalism, encephalization and the origins of Homo sapiens -- 5 hours of lectures
  • Books: Manzi G. (2018). Il grande racconto dell'evoluzione umana. Il Mulino, Bologna --Capitoli VII-X