CODE 67944 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 3 cfu anno 2 INFERMIERISTICA 9276 (L/SNT1) - GE SAN MARTINO 3 cfu anno 2 INFERMIERISTICA 9276 (L/SNT1) - GE GALLIERA 3 cfu anno 2 INFERMIERISTICA 9276 (L/SNT1) - GE ASL 3 3 cfu anno 2 INFERMIERISTICA 9276 (L/SNT1) - CHIAVARI 3 cfu anno 2 INFERMIERISTICA 9276 (L/SNT1) - IMPERIA 3 cfu anno 2 INFERMIERISTICA 9276 (L/SNT1) - SAVONA 3 cfu anno 2 INFERMIERISTICA 9276 (L/SNT1) - LA SPEZIA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/04 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GE SAN MARTINO GE GALLIERA GE ASL 3 CHIAVARI IMPERIA SAVONA LA SPEZIA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course has the aim to teach the students the causes of diseases, the damage generated by them, the inflammatory and immunitary reaction, the repair of damaged tissues and the basis of general oncology AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Knowledge of origin and mechanisms at the basis of inflammatory, degenerative and neoplastic processes. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The main aim of this course is to provide the students the scientific bases to undestand the pathological processes of the tissues. The attended results are the comprehension of the mechanisms inducing diseases and the ability to coordinate the notions of the course in an organic way. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lectures SYLLABUS/CONTENT General Aetiology; Physical causes of diseases (radiation, heat and mechanic force); Chemical causes of diseases: mechanisms and biotransformation of xenobiotics. Cell pathology: main types of adaptation (atrophy and hypertropy); main types of cell damage and death (necrosis and apoptosis). Acute and chronic inflammation. Innate and acquired immunity. Repair of tissue damage. General oncology: defition and features of the tumours and neoplatic cells. Metastasis. Molecular basis of oncology (oncogenes and oncosuppressors). Aetiology of tumours. Tumours classification. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Lecture notes about the whole program will be available for the students on Aulaweb. Support texts: General Pathology: 1) GM Pontieri, Elementi di Patologia generale, Piccin, 2) M. Parola, Patologia Generale, EdiSes. Immunology: Gonzalez - Mainiero - Palmieri – Paolini, Biologia e patologia del sistema immunitario, Piccin Lecture notes about the whole program will be available for the students on Aulaweb. Support texts: General Pathology: 1) GM Pontieri, Elementi di Patologia generale, Piccin, 2) M. Parola, Patologia Generale, EdiSes. Immunology: Gonzalez - Mainiero - Palmieri – Paolini, Biologia e patologia del sistema immunitario, Piccin TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD SUSANNA PENCO Ricevimento: Contact by e-mail: susanna.penco@unige.it GRAZIA MARIA SPAGGIARI Ricevimento: By appointment by email: Grazia.Maria.Spaggiari@unige.it GABRIELLA PIETRA Ricevimento: Students have the possibility to contact Gabriella Pietra by e-mail (gabriella.pietra@unige.it) or by phone (010 5558219) and ask for an appointment. CLAUDIA CANTONI Ricevimento: Students have the possibility to contact the teacher by e-mail (claudia.cantoni@unige.it) or by phone (010 56362845) and ask for an appointment. Address 1: Laboratorio di Immunologia Clinica e Sperimentale, Padiglione 2, Istituto G. Gaslini, L. go G. Gaslini 5 Address 2: Sezione di Patologia Generale - DIMES, Via L. Alberti, 2 DIMITRI PAOLA GIAMPAOLA PESCE BARBARA MARENGO Ricevimento: The reception of the students is planned from monday to friday (9.30-17.00) , according to the needs and deadlines, by e-mail to the following address: Barbara.Marengo@unige.it The office is located at General Pathology Section - DIMES via LB Alberti 2- Genoa tel +39 010 3538831 ROBERTA RICCIARELLI Ricevimento: Students can contact the teacher at this address: ricciarelli@medicina.unige.it CHIARA VITALE Ricevimento: By e-mail : chiara.vitale@unige.it By phone : 010-5558219 LESSONS LESSONS START October 2017 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written + oral examination ASSESSMENT METHODS The students will be examined on at least one subject of General pathology and one subject of Immunology, with questions apt to evaluate their knowledge, their communicative ability and their ability to connect various sujects of the course. The knowledge and the definitions of basic elements of the course must be known by the students so that the examination could be approved.
