CODE 90306 ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 6 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA 8745 (LM-41) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/09 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: MEDICAL THERAPY APPLIED AND PALLIATIVE THERAPY TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW First day in clinical practice? You are going to see patients with a variety of medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, CKD, CAD, HF or COPD (or a combination of these) and you feel unsure on what to do, which drugs you should be prescribing and how? This course will enable you to understand, deal with and appropriately manage the most common clinical situations and prescribe or modify treatment as needed. AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. To know the conditions most frequently encountered in clinical practice, the pathophysiological basis of their treatment 2. To apply pharmacological knowledge to real life clinical conditions in the setting of multi morbidities. TEACHING METHODS ·Plenary lessons (with interactive clinical cases) 80% Seminars (20%) SYLLABUS/CONTENT Treatment of common general symptoms Dietary approach to most common and prevalent clinical conditions Chronic Kidney Disease Infectious Disease Gastro-Intestinal disorders (with an emphasis on liver diseases and Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Common Rheumatologic and Immunologic disorders Disorders of the Endocrine System with an emphasis on Diabetes Cardiovascular diseases, especially Cardiac Heart failure and Coronary Artery Diseases Arterial Hypertension and other CV risk factors (such as lipids etc.) Respiratory Disorders with a focus on COPD and Asthma Most common Haematological disorders Palliative Care RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY ·Slide-deck from teachers’ lessons Guidelines suggested by teachers TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ROBERTO PONTREMOLI ALBERTO BALLESTRERO Exam Board DIEGO BAGNASCO (President) ANDREA DE MARIA (President) GIOVANNI PASSALACQUA (President) FULVIO BRAIDO MARCO CANEPA MANUELE FURNARI EDOARDO GIOVANNI GIANNINI ROBERTO MASSIMO LEMOLI DAVIDE CARLO MAGGI LIVIA PISCIOTTA ITALO PORTO ALBERTO SULLI FRANCESCA CHIARA VIAZZI ROBERTO PONTREMOLI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Multiple choice written test (32-34 problems in 35 minutes,1 point for each correct answer, no penalty for errors, Laude will be given whenever total score >30). The test can also be taken by Remote Web desktop connection should it be deemed necessary by the University of Genoa. ASSESSMENT METHODS Multiple choice written test (each student at one PC station) Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 12/01/2022 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 27/01/2022 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 14/02/2022 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 19/05/2022 14:30 GENOVA Scritto 23/06/2022 15:00 GENOVA Scritto 21/07/2022 14:30 GENOVA Scritto 22/09/2022 15:00 GENOVA Scritto