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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
Corsi elettivi 1° semestre From 10/8/18 To 12/21/18
years Modules TAF Teacher
Progress Test 1st year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Progress Test 2nd year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Supplementary research and laboratory diagnostic informations on Autoimmunity D Silvia Sartoris (Coordinator)
Progress Test 3rd year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
2° 3° Access to essential medicines in developing countries D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Progress Test 4th year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Progress Test 5th year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Exercise testing and prescription for health D Federico Schena (Coordinator)
4° 5° Histopathological and molecular features of gastroenteric and bilio-pancreatic tumors D Claudio Luchini (Coordinator)
4° 5° Coagulation disorders. Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects D Francesca Pizzolo (Coordinator)
Oncologic Imaging D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
Neurophysiological investigations for studying sleep and sleep-related disorders D Gaetano Cantalupo (Coordinator)
Progress Test 6th year D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
5° 6° Medical and Surgical Hepatology D Veronica Paon (Coordinator)
5° 6° Research methodology basis and critical reading of a scientific article D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgical oncology of the gastrointestinal tract D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Basic course ECG and interactive interpretation D Vincenzo Marafioti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Nutritional Epigenomics: a bridge between DNA and disease D Simonetta Friso (Coordinator)
5° 6° Training in family pediatrician setting D Giorgio Piacentini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of severe visceral trauma D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of the liver: from the preoperative optimization of the liver to the postoperative care D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Traditional and endovascular surgery of abdominal aortic aneurisms D Alberto Scuro (Coordinator)
5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
5° 6° Multiple Sclerosis and demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system: from diagnosis to therapy D Massimiliano Calabrese (Coordinator)
5° 6° Uncommon pancreatic neoplasms D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
5° 6° Extracorporeal life support D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° Technologies in Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
5° 6° Sport's Traumatology D Eugenio Vecchini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Clinical cases in endocrinology and metabolism D Enzo Bonora (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Abdominal wall surgery D Antonino Zago (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° “Role of the Medicine student in a cognitive laboratory for Nursing students” D Oliva Marognolli (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physiology and pathophysiology of micturition D Maria Angela Cerruto (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physiopathology of low back pain and degenerative spondiloarthritis D Marco Andrea Marino (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Autism Spectrum Disorders: clinic, etiology, research D Leonardo Zoccante (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Musculoskeletal Assessment D Luca Idolazzi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Pigmented cutaneous lesions and melanoma: clinical evaluation and differential diagnosis D Paolo Rosina (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Child development: a neurodevelopmental approach D Alessandro Simonati (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Technologies applied to type 1 diabetes mellitus: towards artificial pancreas D Maddalena Trombetta (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Stem cell transplantation: biological and clinical issues D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tubercolosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, therapy and surveillaince D Michela Conti (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Traditional and laser treatment of chronic venous insufficiency D Alberto Scuro (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Immunophenotyping in normal hematopoiesis and in hematological diseases D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and social history of drugs D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Alcoholism D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Heroin and cocaine. History, epidemiology, new scenarios, clinical approach, complications. Serts. D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° The seminars of the School of Medicine and Surgery 2018-2019 D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Corsi elettivi 2° semestre From 2/18/19 To 5/31/19
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Bioinformatics D Maria Romanelli (Coordinator)
2° 3° Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
2° 3° Emerging Viruses and zonosis D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Psychological aspects of addiction D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Short history of pharmacology D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Dependence on legal drugs (benzodiazepines and pain killers) D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Doping and doping control D Aldo Eliano Polettini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Gambling D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Tabagism D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° role and management of therapeutic groups in medicine D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° History of surgery D Giovanni Paolo Pollini (Coordinator)
Clinical electrocardiography D Daniele Prati (Coordinator)
Surgical anatomy of head and neck D Daniele Marchioni (Coordinator)
Clinical approach to cancer patient D Michele Milella (Coordinator)
Diagnosis and therapy of male urinary incontinence D Salvatore Siracusano (Coordinator)
Clinical ultrasound D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
4° 5° Off-label use of medicines in clinical practice D Laura Cuzzolin (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pancreatic neoplasms: clinic-pathologic features D Giuseppe Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° Nodule of the thyroid: clinicopathologic correlations D Guido Martignoni (Coordinator)
5° 6° Advanced life support D Katia Donadello (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of pancreas and peryampullary area D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neonatal surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of retroperitoneal tumors and GIST D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant diseases of biliary tree D Andrea Ruzzenente (Coordinator)
5° 6° Emergencies in the extra-hospital environment D Enrico Polati (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of pain in reumathologic diseases D Davide Gatti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pancreatic dilemma between inflammation and neoplasia D Antonio Amodio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Introduction to Robotic Surgery D Diego Dall'Alba (Coordinator)
5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
5° 6° Infection in ICU D Anna Maria Azzini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders D Stefano Tamburin (Coordinator)
5° 6° Physicians: their history, their stories D Luca Idolazzi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Experimental microsurgery D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS D Elena Manuela Samaila (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical senology D Giovanni Paolo Pollini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robot-assisted) surgery in abdominal diseases (videos and dry-lab) D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Intra-articular onjection in Rheumatology D Elena Fracassi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical toxicology in the Emergency Department and CBRN events D Giorgio Ricci (Coordinator)
5° 6° Ablative treatments in hepatobiliopancreatic surgery D Salvatore Paiella (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Colordroppler ultrasound of carotid arteries, lower limbs and abdominal vessels D Sergio De Marchi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Health inequalities and barriers experienced by LGBTI people in accessing health care D Francesco Amaddeo (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Diagnosis in pediatric allergy D Giorgio Piacentini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Gynecological endocrinology D Paolo Moghetti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Training to medical humanities D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tumor immunology and immunomodulation D Stefano Ugel (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Intraoperative neurophysiology: a functional approach to modern neurosurgery D Francesco Sala (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Therapy with biologic agents in rheumatic diseases D Ombretta Viapiana (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tropical Medicine D Zeno Bisoffi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation D Nicola Smania (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Humanitarian Medicine and Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Non-pharmacological treatment of pain in surgery: music therapy D Giovanni Paolo Pollini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Multimodal treatment of pancreatic neoplasms D Giuseppe Malleo (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° From Darwin to molecular genomics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Deontology D Federica Bortolotti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Women and health D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and antropological emergencies in third world countries D Mariarita Bertoldi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Stress reduction D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)

Teaching code

4S01143

Credits

6

Coordinator

Claudio Bassi

Language

Italian

The teaching is organized as follows:

CHIRURGIA

Credits

2

Period

Lezioni 2° semestre 1°- 5° anno

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Claudio Bassi
Salvatore Paiella
Roberto Salvia

UROLOGIA

Credits

1

Period

Lezioni 2° semestre 1°- 5° anno

Location

VERONA

DIDATTICA PRATICA DI CHIRURGIA E UROLOGIA

Credits

3

Period

See the unit page

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

See the unit page

Learning outcomes

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MM: UROLOGIA
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The Urology Module aims at at exposing the student at the knowledge of the main urological diseases. This exposure is not limited to definition, etiopathogenesis, symptomatology and laboratory data but also contains information on diagnostics, pathological anatomy, clinical outcomes and prognosis of major kidney and urinary tract diseases.
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MM: CLINICA CHIRURGICA
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CLINICS IN SURGERY Aim of the course of General surgery is conveying to the students the competencies to: Recognize signs, symptoms, the principal functional alterations and the principal differential diagnoses related to bowel obstruction, abdominal wall hernias, peritonitis, gastro-duodenal diseases, hepato-biliary diseases, pancreatic diseases, small and gross bowel diseases, paediatric gastro-intestinal malformations, and diseases of the arteries and veins. Analyze and resolve clinical problems concerning the above mentioned diseases. Evaluate cost/effective strategies related to the diagnosis and the treatment of the above mentioned diseases.
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MM: DIDATTICA PRATICA DI CHIRURGIA E UROLOGIA
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Aim of the course of General surgery is conveying to the students the competencies to: Recognize signs, symptoms, the principal functional alterations and the principal differential diagnoses related to bowel obstruction, abdominal wall hernias, peritonitis, gastro-duodenal diseases, hepato-biliary diseases, pancreatic diseases, small and gross bowel diseases, paediatric gastro-intestinal malformations, and diseases of the arteries and veins. Analyze and resolve clinical problems concerning the above mentioned diseases. Evaluate cost/effective strategies related to the diagnosis and the treatment of the above mentioned diseases. Add basic surgical knowledge

Program

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MM: UROLOGIA
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URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - complications BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION- BENIGN PROSTATE ENLARGMENT-BPH - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - complications - Therapies STONE DISEASE - Renal colic (diagnosis and therapy) - bladder stones - complications of urinary stones - management of stone disease PROSTATE CANCER - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - Clinical and pathological staging - prognostic factors - Treatment TESTIS TUMORS - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - Clinical and pathological staging - prognostic factors - Treatment BLADDER AND UPPER URINARY TRACT CANCER - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - Clinical and pathological staging - prognostic factors - treatment RENAL CANCER - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - Clinical and pathological staging - prognostic factors - Treatment ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - management URINARY INCONTINENCE - epidemiology - physiopathology Symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - management SCROTAL DISEASES - epidemiology - physiopathology Symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis - Treatment VESICOURETERAL REFLUX - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis and treatment NEUROGENIC LOWER URINARY TRACT DYSFUNCTION (NLUTD) - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis and treatment MALE INFERTILITY - epidemiology - physiopathology Symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis and treatment CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE URINARY TRACT& (uretero-pelvic junction obstruction, kidney malformations, urinary tract malformations) - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis and treatment URINARY TRACT TRAUMA - epidemiology - physiopathology - symptoms and clinical signs - diagnosis and treatment
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MM: CLINICA CHIRURGICA
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1. Gastric and duodenal ulcer; Gastric neoplasm 2. Pancreatic disease: acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic neoplasm 3. Hepatic and biliary disease: gallstones and comorbidity, biliary neoplasm, hepatic neoplasm 4. Spleen pathology: splenomagaly and splenic trauma 5. Small-bowel, colonrectal and proctologic disease: acute appendectomy and inflammatory disease 6. Diverticulitis, colonrectal and proctological neoplasm, rectal prolapse 7. Anorectal pathology (fistula, fissure, hemorrhoidis) 8. Hinguinal and umbilical hernia, laparocele 9. Breast pathology 10. Artery disease: aortic aneurysm, occlusive arterial disease, diabetic arteriopathy, cerebrovascular injury 11. Venous disease: primitive varices, post thrombotic syndrome: deep vein thrombosis treatment and prevention 12. Mediastinal and lung disease: pulmponary neoplasm, pneumothorax, mediastinal syndrome
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MM: DIDATTICA PRATICA DI CHIRURGIA E UROLOGIA
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Aim of professional traineeship- surgery Hendler: Prof.ssa Elda Baggio The fundamental activities to play by students are the following: ° wound cleaning and dressing • Suture removals • Drain removals • wound, fistulae, ulcers and sores cleaning and dressing • Abscess treatment, (phlegmon, abscess, flemmone, pyoderma) • Internship training (minimum to follow: 4 operatory theatre) • To set up a steril operatory theatre, necessary for small surgery • To be able to make surface sutures • To be able to perform rectal exam • Internship into clinics (minimum 5 times) SEMINARS: update on website or contact - Miss. Alessandra - tel. 045 8124695 Inguinal herniae and laparocele Ano-rectal patology: fistulae, abscess and anal incontinence Vascular diagnostic The management of patients candidate to surgery Ulceras on lower limb - bedsores Drain

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Renzo Dionigi Chirurgia Masson Editore 2017

Examination Methods

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MM: UROLOGIA
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written and oral examination
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MM: CLINICA CHIRURGICA
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Oral examination 1) verify of knowledge based on course's objectives and program 2 verify of knowledge learned during internship 3) opportunity to take a quiz Urology' section: written examination (possible oral addition)

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