Ateneo - UPO

1) guide to history, signs and symptoms of connective, respiratory, pancreatic, hepatic and gastrointestinal disorders
2) methodology of clinical reasoning
3) clinical pathways for the management of fever, shock, non-traumatic bleeding. pain, fever, dyspnoea

Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi --Medicina interna per scienze infermieristiche--Piccin 2021

MERK manual online:
https://www.msdmanuals.com/it-it/professionale

Active role in the clinical pathways for the management of patients with the main internal medicine diseases

Physiology
Anathomy
Biochemistry
Pathology

Simulated clinical cases

The learning evaluation will include both a written and an oral test.
The written exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions (MCQ) (just one right answer choice). 40 questions will investigate knowledge, applied understanding and independent judgment through the administration of integrated clinical cases. 10 questions will investigate the knowledge and ability to understand the discipline of pharmacology and in-depth analysis of the same. Time available: 60 minutes. Passing threshold of 60%, equivalent to 30 correct answers from the entire course. Passing the written test grants access to the oral exam, which analyzes a clinical case. The oral exam is scored out of 30 and evaluates the student's ability to investigate the ability to understand applied, independent judgement, communication skills and the ability to learn. A score of 18/30 is considered passed, and if not passed, the whole exam must be repeated (written plus oral). Time available: 15 minutes.

The final certification evaluation is determined by the average of the written and oral evaluations.

Fibromialgia
Gout
Sjogren syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Asthma
Pulmonary enphysema
Nocturnal obstructive apnoea syndrome
Pulmonary hypertention
Pulmonary thromboembolism
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Coeliac disease
Toxic pancreatitis
Crohn disease
Hemochromatosis
Autoimmune gastritis
Differential diagnosis of icterus, pain, fever, dyspnoea, bruising, hypotension

At the end of the course the student will be able to: acquire the knowledge to identify and describe the signs and symptoms of internal disease (Knowledge and comprehension skills).