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INTERNAL MEDICINE

CODE 90306
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 1 cfu during the 6th year of 8745 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA(LM-41) - GENOVA
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    SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/09
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
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    SEMESTER 1° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    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

    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

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    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

    Student must stand a final examination which is related to the entire I.C., and includes all the disciplines - to verify the achievement of required learning outcomes. The final mark  is expressed in fractions of 30.To pass final exam students have to answer correctly at least enough questions to totalize18 points. Multiple choice questions will be based on all the topics of the course and will be designed to test the level of knowledge and  ability of in-depth clinical analysis and skills developed by the student.