Course program
General Pathology (Prof. P. Trivedi and Prof. R. Gonnella)
The cell as a unit of health and disease, cell injury and adaptation, cellular responses to stress, cell death, cells and tissue of the immune system, innate immunity, acute inflammation, adaptive immunity, chronic inflammation, immunopathology, resolution of inflammation and wound healing, genetic diseases
Prerequisites
In order to understand the contents of the teaching and achieve the learning objectives, at the beginning of the teaching activities foreseen by the teaching module the student must possess knowledge of: chemistry, biochemistry, physics, biology, histology, anatomy and physiology. Although, according to the University regulations, there are no preparatory requirements.
Books
To complete the exam, in-depth theoretical study is recommended from the beginning of the course. For the purpose of consultation and further study, the recommended books are:
Pathologic Basis of Disease and Basic Pathology. Robbins & Cotran (Elsevier)
Understanding pathophysiology. S. Huether, K. McCance. (Elsevier)
Professors use classroom platform(s) (4ii5xkg) both to disseminate teaching and in-depth material and to communicate any changes and exam methods with students.
Frequency
Following paragraph 4.5 of the Regulations of the Dental School, the student is required to attend educational activities, formal, non-formal, vocational. The frequency is checked by the teachers through signature / updated lists provided by the Academic Office, as established by CLMDDP. The certificate of mandatory attendance to the teaching course is required to the student to be admitted at the final test.
Exam mode
To pass the exam students must achieve a mark of no less than 18/30 in each module. Students must demonstrate to have acquired sufficient knowledge on the topics covered in the first and second semester, a basic knowledge on the topics listed in the program and to be able to correlate basic concepts such as inflammation and the immune response to the systems and apparatus covered in the second semester.
To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, students must demonstrate that they have acquired excellent knowledge of all t topics covered during the course, being able to connect them in a logical and coherent way.
Bibliography
"Basic Pathology". Robbins and Kumar. Elsevier
"Pathologic Basis of Disease". Robbins and Cotran. Elsevier
Lesson mode
Professors provide formal teaching in a traditional manner, with audiovisual aids and with the scheduling of lessons as reported on the Classroom/timetable system and published on the Course website.