OVERVIEW

The course of General Pathology examines the study of the causes of disease and the possible consequent pathological process

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Provide the students with the fundamental elements about the causes of diseases and about how they act on cells and tissues

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Provide the students with the necessary knowledge to comprehend the mechanisms by wich the pathological agents act on the human organisms and the main consequences of these actions, in particular, the general etiology, the call damage and death, the inflammation the repairing of the tissues and the biology of the cancer cell

The students must acquire the ability to describe the various pathological processes, learn an adequate nomenclature, understand the meaning of the various pathological processes and their interactions

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, with any possible dialectic interactions with the students

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

General etiology, with particular attention to radiation; main cellular adaptations and damages; inflammation and repair. General oncology

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes will be available for the students on Aulaweb. Not compulsory support book: GM Pontieri, Elementi di Patologia generale, Piccin, ISBN: 978-88-299-2898-9

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FRANCESCA ANGIERO (President)

ANNA MARCHESE (President)

GRAZIA MARIA SPAGGIARI (President)

GABRIELLA PIETRA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

March 2019

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Each students will be examined about at least two chapter of the program, with questions apt to evaluate his/her knowledge and his/her ability to connect different subject of the program. The knowledge and the definitions of the basic elements must be known in order to consider the examination approved. The students will be examined about their critical interpretation of the issues object of the examination

Exam schedule