Aldo MARRONE
Insegnamento di INTERNAL MEDICINE
Corso di laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA
SSD: MED/09
CFU: 6,00
ORE PER UNITÀ DIDATTICA: 60,00
Periodo di Erogazione: Annualità Singola
Italiano
Lingua di insegnamento | Inglese |
English
Teaching language | English |
Contents | Clinical history taking–Medical and Surgical approach |
Textbook and course materials | Personal notes taken at lessons (essential). |
Course objectives | To introduce the 3rd year student into Clinical Medicine. Teach the students how to come into contact with the patient, how to collect clinical history, how to interpret symptoms of disease and how to look for and recognize signs of disease. Explain the relationship between pathophysiology of diseases and their clinical presentation. Show the students how to perform the physical examination of each organ system and body region, and recognize the major abnormalities. Teach how to utilize the basic diagnostic investigations and interpret the most important findings. |
Prerequisites | Have an extensive knowledge of macroscopic anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of major disorders. |
Teaching methods | Class lectures given in 3 overlapping modules: Medicine, Surgery, Clinical psychology |
Evaluation methods | This is an oral exam with multiple professors and solely based on topics addressed at lessons. There will be several questions with at least one question regarding the medical part, one the surgical part and one the clinical psychology part. The questions usually refer to a specific symptom or sign, or ask for the description of a specific organ/system exam and mostly coincides with a topic addressed at a single lesson/series of lessons. Multiple topics will be reviewed. |
Other information | The formal teaching activity of this Course is strictly integrated with practical teaching sessions that will be held in Medicine and Surgery Units during the I and II term. |
Course Syllabus | Clinical history taking–Medical and Surgical approach |