Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
MED/09 (INTERNAL MEDICINE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (26/09/2022 - 13/01/2023)
Lesson hours
28 lesson hours
Prerequisites
An adequate knowledge of the human physiology is needed. Moreover, the Student should have already attended the frontal lectures.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at making the Student able to know how to face a diagnostic problem.Objective of the course is to acquire a method in the evaluation of the different elements that constitute the basis of the diagnosis.The stages are:- Patient’s approach as the indispensable tool not only for a correct acquisition of the information but also for any subsequent intervention- Collection of medical history in order to: to understand what are the symptoms inducing the patient to seek medical advice; to be aware of patient’s characteristics in terms of inheritance, life style, physiological functions; to properly evaluate past medical history- Collection of signs through physical examination: the student must be able to systematically verify the morphological characteristics and the proper function of the different organs and systems- It is also very important to understand what are the main instrumental diagnostic tests that should integrate the physical examination.
Course contents
History, Cough, Coma, Ascites, Cyanosis, Diuresis, Fever, Edema, Pain, Dyspnoea, Jaundice, Lymph nodes, Thyroid, Arterial and venous pulse, Kidney, Chest, Abdomen
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical training
Reccomended or required readings
Bickley. Bates' Guide to Physiscal Examination and History Taking. Lippincot Williams & Williams.R. Nuti e A. Caniggia: Metodologia Clinica, Minerva MedicaR. Fogari: Semeiotica Medica, PiccinO. Epstein: Semeiotica e metodologia clinica, UTET B.Bates: L’esame clinico, PiccinRasario: Semeiotica Medica, IdelsonDioguardi e Sanna: Moderni aspetti di Semeiotica Medica, Editrice Universo
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Through formal and practical training activities, the student will be able to make a full physical examination, to detect and interpret the main symptoms and signs of disease, using techniques and standardized procedures (clinical skills), to collect from patient's full medical history, oriented to problems and starting from the referral reason, identifying the problems and active and inactive, identifying the relationships between events, providing a weight and an interpretation, always comprehensively considering the needs of the person, perceiving and valuing individuality, to develop the necessary communication skills (interview skills) to reliably and effectively identify all patient-relevant problems, and increase interpersonal communication skills necessary to create a relationship of trust and cooperation with the patient. Furthermore, it will be able to promote patient involvement in its overall management. It will be able to recognize in a clinical setting the various professionals and major logistical connotations of patient management inhospitals.
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