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CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

CODE 67537
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 1 cfu during the 5th year of 8745 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA(LM-41) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/05
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 2° Semester
    SECTIONING This unit is divided into 2 sections:
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    The course of Clinical Pathology deals with the study of the general concepts of Clinical Pathology

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Provide the students with the fundamental elements allowing the evaluation and meaning of the laboratory examinations

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Provide the student with the knowledge necessary to understand the general concepts of clinical pathology in order to critically observe the values ​​that the analysis laboratory provides. The student will have to remember the definitions of the concepts and the normal values ​​of the most common laboratory tests. Know the utility and limitations of the main laboratory tests. Acquire the ability to choose laboratory tests useful in various pathological situations.

    TEACHING METHODS

    Frontal lessons, with possible dialectical interactions with students. Given the particular health situation of our country, lessons can also be held online, preferably in live streaming, rather than in attendance.

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    General clinical pathology: concepts of accuracy, precision, sensitivity and diagnostic specificity, positive and negative predictive value. Presentation of some groups of exams and their meaning. Presentation of clinical cases in which the contribution of the laboratory is significant. Appropriateness and inappropriateness in prescribing clinical laboratory tests. Acquisition of basic knowledge on chromatography and its application in clinical pathology with diagnostic purposes in the fields of oncology, immunology and immunopathology.

     

     

     

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Lecture notes on Aulaweb covering all the topics of the program will be provided to students; support book (NOT mandatory) Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, Elsevier. In any case, an internal medicine text such as Harrison or Cecil is sufficient for pathophysiological and clinical laboratory knowledge.

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    GILBERTO FILACI (President)

    ALESSIO NENCIONI (President)

    FRANCESCO TORRE (President)

    FEDERICO CARBONE

    MASSIMO CASU

    FABIO FERRANDO

    ROBERTA GONELLA

    GIOVANNA LEONCINI

    LUCA LIBERALE

    FABRIZIO MONTECUCCO

    GIUSEPPE MURDACA

    SIMONE NEGRINI

    LUCIANO CARLO OTTONELLO

    NICOLA TRAVERSO

    GABRIELE ZOPPOLI

    ALDO PENDE (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    March 2020

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    The student will be assessed through an oral test that includes the entire program of the integrated Medicine 1 course. Depending on the health situation of our country at the time of the exam, it can be done online instead of in the presence.

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    The student will be examined on the meaning of a group of laboratory tests, pertinent to a certain pathology. The knowledge and definition of the basic elements of the subject must be known for the exam to be considered sufficient. The student may be asked to interpret clinical analysis values ​​critically and integrated into the clinical picture. Conversely, the student may be asked which laboratory tests may be appropriate in the differential diagnosis of certain pathologies

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    11/01/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Aule Antognetti e Fieschi del DiMI in tutte le date
    01/02/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Aule Antognetti e Fieschi del DiMI in tutte le date
    22/02/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Aule Antognetti e Fieschi del DiMI in tutte le date
    05/04/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Appello riservato agli studenti fuori corso Aula Fieschi del DiMI
    01/06/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Aule Antognetti e Fieschi del DiMI in tutte le date
    14/06/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Aule Antognetti e Fieschi del DiMI in tutte le date
    11/07/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Aule Antognetti e Fieschi del DiMI in tutte le date
    20/09/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale Aule Antognetti e Fieschi del DiMI in tutte le date