OVERVIEW

Radiology teaching is part of the Surgery-II course with the aim of making medical students familiar with the appropriate use of diagnostic imaging, interventional procedures and radiation therapy in the field of surgical and orthopaedic diseases.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

In this final stage of teaching, medical students will be able to combine and integrate the knowledge and skills acquired over the previous years. Students trained in the course will be able to ask for the appropriate imaging modalities in the context of surgical pathologies. Interventional procedures and the main procedures of radiation therapy will be also addressed.

TEACHING METHODS

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

A series of narrated case-based modules reviewing the role of diagnostic imaging, interventional procedures and use of radiation therapy in the field of surgical and orthopaedic diseases will be discussed in an open and interactive way as problem-solving exercises:

MODULE #1 - Abdominal -1

MODULE #2 - Abdominal -2 

MODULE #3 - Emergency (ER) -1

MODULE #4 - Musculoskeletal -1

MODULE #5 - Musculoskeletal -2

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cittadini G. Cittadini G., Sardanelli F. Diagnostica per immagini e radioterapia. Edra Ed., Milano, 2015. ISBN: 978-88-214-4000-7

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MATTEO FORMICA (President)

MARCO FRASCIO (President)

EMANUELA VARALDO (President)

FRANCESCO BOCCARDO

MARCO CASACCIA

FRANCO DE CIAN

DAVIDE ESPOSITO

GIOVANNI PRATESI

ANDREA ZANIRATO

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final exam is an integral part of the exam of Surgery-II and Musculoskeletal Diseases. It's an oral exam that will test the candidate's ability to plan a correct imaging approach in a case pertinent to surgical and musculoskeletal pathology.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam will test the candidate's ability to apply theorical learning to practice by means of an interactive discussion of how and why she/he should select the individual imaging modalities as regard the patient and the clinical context.

Exam schedule