Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
MED/16 (RHEUMATOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2023 - 26/05/2023)
Lesson hours
24 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system. Fundamentals of immunology and general pathology.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student should be able:
To understand the pathophysiology of and the clinical approach to rheumatic diseases.
To exploit adequately all the main clinical, imaging and laboratory tools involved in the diagnostic-therapeutic path of the more relevant rheumatic conditions and musculoskeletal syndromes.
Course contents
Classification of rheumatic diseases; in-depth learning of systemic inflammatory arthitides, connective tissue diseases, vasculitides, crystal arthropathies, osteoarthritis, extra articular rheumatism, osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases.
Teaching methods
Lectures with the support of slides and videos. Clinical case scenarios.
Reccomended or required readings
Montecucco C. et al
“Unireuma” IDELSON
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
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