Ateneo - UPO

Pedagogy and medicine: educational model in the doctor-patient relationship.
Therapeutic patient education.

Slides of the course. Papers. Movie clips.

The aim of the course is to:
Provide theoretical notions, cultural tools and experiential stimuli that allow students to develop knowledge and skills on the necessary communication between medical science and pedagogy, on the ability to approach the patient and to define a therapeutic-educational project, both in the individual relationship and in the context of a group.
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Frontal lessons, role play, movie images.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services students-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.   

Written exam with open question that will cover all the topics included in the educational program with a prevalent focus on the topics dealt with in the lectures and the discussion of clinical cases. The verification of learning will propose a mark out of thirty, which aims to ascertain the actual acquisition by the student of the expected learning outcomes. The exam is passed if the final grade is 18/30 or higher. Top marks with honors (30/30 with honors) will be awarded.

Pedadogy: from etimology to the integration with medicine. Concept of health and lifestyle, also in the perspective of gender medicine.
Patient therapeutic education. Approach to acute and chronic medical conditions. Working in a group context.

The expected learning outcomes are consistent with the general provisions found within the European Qualifications Framework (Dublin descriptors) relating to knowledge and understanding. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to demonstrate that they have acquired knowledge about the content of the lessons and the study of the recommended bibliography, which allow them to implement knowledge and pedagogical skills suitable for structuring a relationship with the patient based on the principles of therapeutic education in medicine, both in the individual and group context, with an adequate degree of autonomy.