MEDICAL CLINIC AND GERIATRICS
cod. 1002944

Academic year 2013/14
6° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Medicina interna (MED/09)
Field
Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
Type of training activity
More
168 hours
of face-to-face activities
14 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

knowledge about the comprehensive management of patients suffering from internal diseases

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

In the ward, at the patient's bed, we will try to directly increase the practical knowledge of
of epidemiological, physiopathological, clinical and therapeutical aspects of internal medicine diseases in complex patients affected by cardiological, pneumological, GE, rheumatological, nephrological diseases.

Full programme

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Bibliography

1) Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, XVIII° ed. Mc Grow Hill ed.
2) Rugarli, Medicina Interna sistematica VI° ed, elsevier ed.

Teaching methods

All classes will start from the description of a real patient, and then during the description of the different aspect of the disease the real clinical aspect of single patients wil be taken into consideration.
Therapeutical aspect will be considered in practical fashion.

Assessment methods and criteria

An oral test will start from the description of a specific patient, and the student will discuss in a critical fashion the different diagnostic options in order to reach a specific diagnosis, that will be followed by the definition of a therapeutical approach.
This test will allow to evaluate the knowledge as well as the clinical skill of the student

Other information

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