Ateneo - UPO

The integrated course of Medical Pathology II includes the teaching of 4 different internal disciplines: Endocrinology, Hematology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases.

At the beginning of the course, each teacher provides indications on the reference text-books for study.

The integrated course aims to facilitate the learning and recognition of the main pathological pictures for each discipline included in the integrated course, favoring clinical reasoning and above all differential diagnoses and diagnosis paths. Basic therapeutic notions will also be provided. The teachers will try, where possible, to favor the integration between the disciplines especially for chronic pathologies and of multi-specialist interest. The teachers will use traditional and content teaching methods and above all through "problem solving" they will bring out the most relevant aspects for each discipline.

The student must be familiar with the essential notions of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, General Pathology. Basic knowledges of semeiotics and pharmacology are also required.

1) Classical frontal lessons.
2) Multidisciplinary seminars.
3) Discussion and Resolution of Clinical Cases.
4) Literature reviews and Journal Club

1) Written exam: 60 closed-ended questions (5 choices), 15 for each discipline.
2) Oral exam: discussion on a clinical case.

Approach to the patient with (suspected) endocrinological, gastrointestinal, hematological disorder or infectious disease.
Symptoms, signs, syndromes and diseases in Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology and Infectious Disease.
Specific diseases of each discipline are described in the program of each single course.

Recognize, evaluate clinically, diagnose through rigorous procedures, place the different pathological pictures in differential diagnosis and set up clinical-therapeutic reasoning for the most common pathological pictures for each discipline present in the integrated course.