INTERNAL MEDICINE
cod. 14397

Academic year 2015/16
6° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Medicina interna (MED/09)
Field
Clinica generale medica e chirurgica
Type of training activity
Characterising
35 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: MEDICAL CLINIC AND GERIATRICS (ATT SEM I)

Learning objectives

knowledge about the comprehensive management of patients suffering from internal diseases

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The classes will help to get knowledge of epidemiological, physiopathological, clinical and therapeutical aspects of internal medicine diseases such as osteoporosis primary and secondary, hypovitaminosis D and osteomalacia, Paget diseases of bone, 1° hyperparathyroidism, and thrombo-embolic diseases.

Full programme

As part of the course of Clinica Medica specific topics will consider: Osteoporosis diagnosis and therapy, Osteomalacia, Iper PTH 1°, Hypercalcemic syndromes, Hypocalcemia, Paget disease of bone, Venous thrombosis, Polmonary embolism, LES, AR.

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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