Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Geriatric and oncologic physiotherapy (2021/2022)
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning outcomes
Provide basic knowledge of geriatrics and the methodology of geriatric physiotherapy as well as the oncology and methodology of lymphological and oncological physiotherapy. MODULE: GERIATRICS. Acquire knowledge concerning the disabling pathologies of the elderly regarding their epidemiology, specificity and clinical presentation. Know the concept of "geriatric multidimensional evaluation". MODULE: METHODOLOGY OF GERIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY Know the programs of physical activity for the prevention of sarcopenia. Know the possibility of functional recovery of the elderly in relation to comorbidity and fragility. Provide tools for observa-tion, functional and cognitive assessment of the elderly patient with organ and system pathologies, to formulate a physiotherapy program based on residual and preventive resources of the hypokinetic syndrome. Acquire the elements that characterize the specificity of physiotherapy treatment in elderly patients suffering from neurological, orthopedic and cardio-respiratory pathology. Recognize the role of the physiotherapist in the geriatric team, set up a physiotherapy program consistent with the rehabilita-tion project. MODULE: ONCOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE Acquire the knowledge to define critical and rehabilitative needs of patients suffering from malig-nancies subjected to radical and palliative treatments. Epidemiology and clinical presentation of the most frequent oncological diseases. Principles of therapy and related side effects; rehabilitation needs of cancer patients. MODULE: METHODOLOGY OF LYMPHOLOGICAL AND ONCOLOGICAL PHYSIO-THERAPY Understanding the path of the patient suffering from cancer and the importance of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Identify the professional figures involved in the oncology field and understand the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for effective teamwork. Know the sequelae of rehabilitative interest based on: type of tumor, surgical, chemotherapeutic, ra-diotherapeutic, hormone-therapeutic, immunotherapeutic approaches. Identify the correct rehabilita-tion approach in patients suffering from thoracic neoplasia, breast and patients in the palliative phase. Know the pathophysiology, guidelines and rehabilitative treatment of lymphedema in oncology.
Program
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA FISIOTERAPIA GERIATRICA
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The course will cover the following topics 1. THE ELDERLY 1.1 main features 1.2 psychosocial issues 1.3 terminally ill 2. GERIATRIC COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT 2.1 definition 2.2 Individual Assistance Plan 2.3 central aspects of the patient’s history 2.4 physical examination 2.5 comorbidity rates 2.6 assessment of disability 2.7 assessment of cognitive function 3. THE FRAIL ELDERLY 3.1 definition of frailty 3.2 frailty syndrome 3.3 frailty and disability 3.4 geriatric syndrome 4. CAREGIVER 4.1 definition 4.2 who is caregiver? 4.3 evidence about caregiver 5. DEMENTIA 5.1 definition 5.2 patient with dementia 5.3 rehabilitation of patients with dementia 6. SETTING 6.1 elderly’s home 6.2 rehabilitation setting 6.3 Hogewey 7. ELDERLY NURSING HOME 7.1 the elder people in nursing home 7.2 professional figures in elderly nursing home 7.3 type of elder people living in nursing home 8. ELDERLY AND POSTURE 8.1 how change posture in elderly people 8.2 way of walking 9. FALLS 9.1 why elder people fall? 9.2 risk factors of falls 9.3 Conley Scale 9.4 preventive actions 10. PHYSICAL RESTRAINT 10.1 legal aspects 10.2 when is necessary? 10.3 how long is necessary? 10.4 instruments of restraint’s classification 10.5 alternative measures 11. HOME REHABILITATION
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MM: ONCOLOGIA
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Cancer biology Epidemiology, incidence, mortality, prevalence Risk factors Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention Management of the patient with cancer: general concepts Goals of cancer therapy Cancer therapy: surgery, radiotherapy, medical therapy Medical cancer therapy: chemotherapy, hormone therapy, molecular target therapy, immunotherapy Side effects of medical therapy Adjuvant, neoadjuvant medical therapy of the metastatic phase Breast, colorectal and lung neoplasia Communication with the patient
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MM: GERIATRIA
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Demographics and Epidemiology of Aging. Geriatrics as a medicine of complexity. Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment. Biology of aging. Changes in body composition with aging: Sarcopenia. Malnutrition in the elderly. Obesity in the elderly. Geriatric syndromes. The falls. Syncope. Cognitive impairment and delirium. The immobilization syndrome.
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA FISIOTERAPIA LINFOLOGICA E ONCOLOGICA
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Rehabilitation in oncology: • Definition; • The importance of rehabilitation intervention; • The complexity of the treatment of oncological pathology and consequent sequelae of physio therapeutic interest for the restoration of integrity or the improvement of all the functions that the diagnosis of cancer and the different types of treatments may have altered; • Multi-professional and multidisciplinary management; • The diagnostic therapeutic path and related complications of physio therapeutic interest; • Functional evaluation, clinical reasoning, objectives and physiotherapy program with the appropriate physiotherapy strategies for the sequelae of some types of cancer and chemotherapy, radiotherapy intervention... of physiotherapy interest in phases: • breast cancers, • thoracic-pulmonary cancers, • female and male uro-gynecological cancers. Focus on lymphedema: • Treatment of lymphedema in oncology • The pathophysiology of the lymphatic system • Lymphedema treatment guidelines • functional evaluation, clinical reasoning and physiotherapy strategies of rehabilitation treatment of lymphedema Focus on fatigue: • Fatigue treatment guidelines • Evaluation, clinical reasoning, physiotherapy strategies of fatigue treatment
Bibliography
Examination Methods
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA FISIOTERAPIA GERIATRICA
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Written exam with multiple choice and open answer questions
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MM: ONCOLOGIA
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Multiple choice quiz
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MM: GERIATRIA
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Multiple choice written test
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA FISIOTERAPIA LINFOLOGICA E ONCOLOGICA
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WRITTEN TEST. Test with closed multiple choice questions (1 corrected out of 4 possibilities) and some open-ended questions.
