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MEDICAL THERAPY APPLIED AND PALLIATIVE THERAPY

CODE 67571
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
CREDITS
  • 11 cfu during the 6th year of 8745 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA(LM-41) - GENOVA
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    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
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    PREREQUISITES
    Prerequisites
    You can take the exam for this unit if you passed the following exam(s):
    • MEDICINE AND SURGERY 8745 (coorte 2018/2019)
    • MEDICINE 67519
    MODULES This unit is composed by:
    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%)

    Compulsory attendance

    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

    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

    Multiple choice written test (each student at one PC station)