Appropriate posture and foot health is a crucial determinant for whole body wellness. Foot anatomical position favours traumatism, inflammatory processes, bacterial an fungine infections; moreover, chronic inflammatory, endocrine and methabolic pathologies such as for example arthritis, diabetes and obesity, severely endanger their health. The knowlwdge of pharmacological therapies of most widestread foot affections is an important skill for professional podologis.
Students will be trained towards the employment of antiinflammatory, analgesic, anestetic, anticoagulant drugs: their indications and side effects.
The course of pharmacology is aimed to form student's ability to correct use of most common drugs, focusing on those that treat foot-related pathologies. The course comprehends a first part focused on pharmacokinetid and pharmacodynamic, followed by a second part that groups drugs by cathegories. Among these, non steroidal antinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) antinflammatory steroids, disease-modifying antireumathidc druds (DMARD), antibiotics and antifungine, will be detailed.
The course will be composed by frontal lessons of two hours each
Pharmacology
Pharmacology for cathegories
"Lippincott's illustrated reviews: Pharmacology", Authors: Michelle A. Clark, Richard Finkel, Jose A. Rey, Karen Whalen. EDS. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Ricevimento: Students may want to contact Prof, Thellung at the following: Viale Benedetto XV, 2 ground floor Phone 010 3538884, cell 3291484399 email stefano.thellung@unige.it
LUCA CEVASCO
PIERO GIANIORIO
STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)
STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY (President)
The lessons start in october
Students will be examined by a brief oral session.
The interview will be focused to evaluate student's capability to identify the drugs that best fit into a given therapy, basing on patient symptomatology, possible comorbidity or personal and familial hystory of disease.
