CODE 67571 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 11 cfu anno 6 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA 8745 (LM-41) - GENOVA TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA PREREQUISITES Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: MEDICINE AND SURGERY 8745 (coorte 2019/2020) MEDICINE 67519 2019 MODULES Questo insegnamento è composto da: ENDOCRINOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES RESPIRATORY DISEASES DISEASES OF THE BLOOD INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNAL MEDICINE NEPHOLOGY RHEUMATOLOGY DIETETICS TECHNICAL SCIENCES GASTROENTEROLGY 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 To know the conditions most frequently encountered in clinical practice, the pathophysiological basis of their treatment 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 Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes. 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 GIOVANNI PASSALACQUA Ricevimento: contacts: passalacqua@unige.it FULVIO BRAIDO MARCO CANEPA ITALO PORTO Ricevimento: Please write to italo.porto@gmail.com DIEGO FERONE Ricevimento: Every Thursday, from 11.00 to 12.00 pm, at the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Sciences (DIMI) - 4° floor rear part of building- Viale Benedetto XV n.6 Genoa by booking through the e-mail addresses ferone@unige.it; labendo@unige.it or telephon number 010/3537955 (endocrinology secretary, Dr. Giusy Cosulich). ROBERTO MASSIMO LEMOLI Ricevimento: Students can reach Prof. RM Lemoli by e-mail: roberto.lemoli@unige.it LIVIA PISCIOTTA Ricevimento: On appointemnt writing to livia.pisicotta@unige.it DIMI viale Benedetto XV 6 First floor ROBERTO PONTREMOLI FRANCESCA CHIARA VIAZZI ALBERTO SULLI ANDREA DE MARIA MATTEO BASSETTI Ricevimento: Students can arrange an appointment by e-mail: matteo.bassetti@unige.it ALBERTO BALLESTRERO EDOARDO GIOVANNI BATTISTA GIANNINI MANUELE FURNARI Exam Board DIEGO BAGNASCO (President) ALBERTO BALLESTRERO (President) ANDREA DE MARIA (President) GIOVANNI PASSALACQUA (President) FRANCESCA CHIARA VIAZZI (President) FULVIO BRAIDO MARCO CANEPA MANUELE FURNARI EDOARDO GIOVANNI BATTISTA GIANNINI ROBERTO MASSIMO LEMOLI DAVIDE CARLO MAGGI LIVIA PISCIOTTA ROBERTO PONTREMOLI ITALO PORTO ALBERTO SULLI 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)
