Michelangela BARBIERI
Insegnamento di INTERNAL MEDICINE AND GERIATRICS 2
Corso di laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA
SSD: MED/09
CFU: 4,00
ORE PER UNITÀ DIDATTICA: 40,00
Periodo di Erogazione: Annualità Singola
English
Teaching language | English |
Textbook and course materials | Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19th Edition Textbook |
Course objectives | The main objective of the Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Course is to teach how to apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients across the spectrum from health to complex illness. Particular attention will be paid to the elderly complex patients, with polypathologies. In particular, the objective of the Course is to teach the clinical methodology useful to identify the many and often different problems of health of the patient, assessed in their entirety, through the collection of personal data, the interpretation of symptoms and signs, laboratory and instrumental data, as well as the reasoned formulation of diagnostic hypotheses. |
Teaching methods | Topics are addressed through the use of paradigmatic clinical cases. In this way, students are trained to solve puzzling diagnostic problems and handle severe chronic illnesses and situations where several different illnesses may strike at the same time.Part of the teaching is theoretical and part is a bedside learning - helping medical students to interact with patients and providing them with practical essentials. |
Evaluation methods | Oral examination. At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a solid knowledge of the main topics related to the diseases of the various organs, to be able to develop differential diagnostic paths, to know how to interpret laboratory and instrumental analyses, as well as have a good knowledge of clinical pharmacology and know how to make appropriate therapeutic decisions. |
Course Syllabus | A list of the main conditions that must be taken into consideration in the diagnostic approach of the patient is given below: |