Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
MED/09 (INTERNAL MEDICINE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (26/02/2024 - 24/05/2024)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Have the basic knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, General Pathology, Laboratory Medicine and diagnostic imaging
Learning outcomes
General practice is complex, vast and difficult. With the flourishing of medical specializations and the complex technology connected to them, together with the needs of hospital treatments, the work of competent and attentive general practitioners (family doctors) becomes even more important and necessary than in the past.
Therefore, in the practice of general medicine, excellent preparation and great skills are absolutely essential.
Some of the basic elements of primary care remain unchanged from the past, and many of the treatments and approaches to patients are universal and timeless.
Unfortunately, compared to his colleagues of fifty years ago, the modern general practitioner has lost a considerable part of his clinical skills and his talent as a patient counselor.
General medicine remains the most convenient health service in terms of cost/effectiveness and today more than ever the interest of patients is aimed at general practitioners (family doctors), capable of providing an alternative solution to the depersonalisation of care healthcare.
We seek quality, satisfaction, early diagnosis and holistic management.
The discipline of Family Medicine can, at times, require very broad and in-depth knowledge, in particular if patients present problems that are not well defined, with aspects of an organic and psychosocial nature overlapping. We are constantly faced with the challenge of making an early and accurate diagnosis, even of latent and potentially lethal diseases.
This Family Medicine course tries to take all of this into consideration and wants to encourage tomorrow's doctors to develop precisely these basic skills.
Course contents
The Italian National Health Service and the Health Services of other countries
Nature and content of General Medicine (Family Medicine)
The skills that the General Practitioner (Family Doctor) must possess
Communication skills in the doctor-patient relationship
Prevention in general medicine. Perspectives on diagnosis in general medicine
Inspection as a clinical skill and safe diagnostic strategy
The patient at high cardiovascular risk
Management of the patient with diabetes mellitus
Management of patients with atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia
The hypertensive patient
The asthmatic patient and the patient with chronic bronchopulmonary disease: what are the differences?
Oncological and non-oncological pain in general medicine and the management of chronicity
“Problem Solving” in general medicine
Teaching methods
Lectures using Powerpoint. Presentation of clinical cases
Reccomended or required readings
Articles present on PabmMed, reports and symposia
Assessment methods
Oral exam which will cover everything presented in class.
The grade will be added to the grades obtained in the Geriatrics and Internal Medicine A exams, forming the final grade of Clinical Medicine1
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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