Teaching code

4S007272

Credits

5

Coordinatore

Claudio Sorio

Language

Italian

Moodle Seminars

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

Provide basic knowledge about pharmacology, general pathology, microbiology, internal medicine and medical therapy of physiotherapy interest. MODULE: PHARMACOLOGY Understanding the actions of drugs on the physio-pathological processes of patients with particular reference to the drugs used in the main areas of intervention of the physiotherapist. MODULE: GENERAL PATHOLOGY Acquire conceptual and scientific tools to explain the causes and mechanisms of human diseases. Know the main pathogenic factors, the general principles of disorders of the complex systems of homeodynamics, reactions to biological damage with particular reference to inflammation, processes of healing or chronicization. MODULE: MICROBIOLOGY Acquire essential information on infectious processes supported by viruses and bacteria, on the growth and spread of these microorganisms and on preventive measures. MODULE: INTERNAL MEDICINE AND MEDICAL THERAPY Identify internal pathologies, knowing how to identify the main clinical aspects and recognize the possible complications of interest to the physiotherapist. Identify the most frequent drug therapies knowing the main indications and side effects. Know the main techniques and rehabilitative procedures related to the main visceral disabilities.

Prerequisites and basic notions

At the end of the course the student must be able to: • Acquire the concepts of etiology and pathogenesis of cell damage and the resulting disease • Know the general causes of alterations in cellular functions (examples of chemical, physical and biological causes of disease ) • Describe the main causes of diseases and their outcomes, assimilate the concept of homeostasis and the many factors involved in its regulation and maintenance • Recognize the local and general manifestations in acute inflammation, distinguish acute inflammation from chronic inflammation and indicate the mechanisms pathogenetic of both; recognize and describe the main types of exudate, define their particular aspects and indicate their possible consequences; to know the role that inflammatory processes have in some important pathologies that lead to system failure (liver disease, bronchopneumopathy, arteriosclerosis). Know the mechanisms by which the immune response is activated and the local and systemic alterations that follow. Identify situations indicative of excess and deficient immunological responses. • Recognize and distinguish the structures that make up the immune system and the main interactions that intervene between these structures • Describe the development of the immune response capable of neutralizing the action of potentially pathogenic agents and restoring the immune system to initial homeostatic equilibrium; to know the major antigenic systems of blood cells and to distinguish the problems of the immunology of transfusion and transplants • Molecular and cellular basis of neoplastic transformation.

Bibliography

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Evaluation of the individual modules with weighted average