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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CODE 104185
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 1 cfu during the 2nd year of 9283 ORTOTTICA ED ASSISTENZA OFTALMOLOGICA(L/SNT2) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/17
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The teaching aims to:

    • Provide students with basic information about the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases
    • Provide students with a general understanding of healthcare-associated infections
    • Introduce pathogenetic aspects of infectious diseases of various systems, with particular attention to those involving the eye
    • Introduce students to collaboration roles in the prevention and management of infectious diseases

    At the end of the teaching, the student will be able to:

    • Distinguish between colonization, infection and disease
    • Recognize frequently encountered infectious diseases and emerging infectious diseases
    • Recognize common clinical presentations of major infectious diseases
    • Correctly apply/use, whenever necessary, isolation protocols and personal protective equipment
    • Evaluate signs and symptoms of a patient with an infectious disease of the eye
    • Classify infectious risks according to the presence or not of immunosuppression
    • Identify clinical scenarios at risk for healthcare-associated infections 
    • Recognize risk factors for antimicrobial resistance and prevent/contain the spread of antimicrobial resistant pathogens

     

    TEACHING METHODS

    • Frontal teaching. In case of unforeseen circumstances, telematic teaching could be considered
    • Use of audiovisual material (videos, images, power point presentations)

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    • Introduction to infectious diseases: global impact, definitions, contagiousness, routes of transmission
    • Risk factors, prevention, and management of antimicrobial resistance
    • Biological risk and isolation measures
    • Infections of the eye
      • Conjunctivitis
      • Keratitis
      • Endophthalmitis
      • Uveitis
      • Retinitis
      • Periocular infections
    • Pneumonia
    • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
    • Sepsis and septic shock
    • Meningitis

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    • Manuale di Malattie Infettive, eighth edition 2015. Italian text. Authors: Mauro Moroni, Spinello Antinori, Vincenzo Vullo.
    • Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, ninth edition 2019. English text. Authors: John E. Bennet, Raphael Dolin, Martin J. Blaser.

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    PASQUALE STRIANO (President)

    DANIELE ROBERTO GIACOBBE

    LUCA LIBERALE

    DAVIDE CARLO MAGGI

    FABRIZIO MONTECUCCO

    ALBERTO SULLI

    GRAZIA MARIA SPAGGIARI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    The exam will be held within the integrated course, in written/oral form.

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    The aim of the exam is to verify the acquisition of key concepts in infectious diseases (both in general and specifically related to infectious diseases of the eye), the ability to rapidly recognize the presence of serious, life-threatening infections, and the ability to adopt appropriate measures to prevent the development and transmission of infectious diseases.

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    16/01/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale
    21/02/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale
    13/06/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale
    14/07/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale
    20/09/2023 14:30 GENOVA Orale