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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

4S007932

Credits

6

Coordinator

Roberto Leone

Language

Italian

Location

VERONA

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

NN - -

The teaching is organized as follows:

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Dott. Borzellino]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Giuseppe Borzellino

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Dott. Paiella]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Salvatore Paiella

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Dott. Scuro]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Alberto Scuro

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Prof. Bassi]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Claudio Bassi

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Prof. de Manzoni]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Giovanni De Manzoni

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Prof. Guglielmi]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Alfredo Guglielmi

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Prof. Iacono]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Calogero Iacono

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Prof. Pedrazzani]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Corrado Pedrazzani

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Prof. Pollini]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Giovanni Paolo Pollini

Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica [Gruppo Prof. Ruzzenente]

Credits

5

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Andrea Ruzzenente

Coordinamento Tirocinio

Credits

1

Period

2°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 1° semestre, 1°-5° anno: attività pratiche e tutoriali 2° semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Roberto Leone

Learning outcomes

At the end of the Surgical Area practical training the students should achieve the following objectives:
• master and implement the best practices of the doctor-patient relationship;
• be able to collect the medical history and perform an objective examination;
• apply clinical reasoning, be able to identify priority or urgent and secondary problems, to generate diagnostic hypotheses and to identify diagnostic tests of greater sensitivity and specificity in order to confirm or refute such hypotheses;
• be able to interpret laboratory results;
• be able to interpret diagnostic imaging reports;
• comprehend decision-making processes related to surgical treatment;
• be able to fill admission reports and discharge letters;
• be able to assess the appropriateness of the indication for hospitalization
• be able to focus on the reason for hospitalization notwithstanding complex medical conditions, which might include chronicity and other critical issues;
• be able to indicate prevention and health education actions;
• be aware of the importance of observing strict punctuality in the shifts;
• comply with hygiene behaviour and rules of surgical wards;
• know how to positively interact with the medical, nursing and technical staff of the department;
• know the different roles and responsibilities of each team member.

Program

The program is determined day by day during the internship. The following is the minimum set of required skills to be performed:
• Clean wound dressings
• Septic wound dressings
• Drainage removal
• Points and agraphes removal
• Dressings of sores, ulcers and fistulas
• Treatment of external suppurative processes (abscess, phlegm, pyoderma)
• Sterile field preparation for minor surgical procedures
• infiltration of a local anaesthetic for minor superficial surgery
• Suture of superficial wounds
• Rectal exploration

Bibliography

Reference texts
Activity Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica Renzo Dionigi Chirurgia Masson Editore 2017
Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica Renzo Dionigi Chirurgia Masson Editore 2017
Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica Docente del corso Bibliografia consigliata per gli approfondimenti: vedi il programma in allegato.  
Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica Renzo Dionigi Chirurgia Masson Editore 2017
Tirocinio pratico-valutativo area chirurgica D'AMICO D F MANUALE DI CHIRURGIA GENERALE Piccin 2018 9788829928941
Coordinamento Tirocinio Nessuno Per questa attività non sono necessari/disponibili libri di testo 2019

Examination Methods

The student is assessed on a daily basis by the tutor and specific moments of evaluation of the practical activities are foreseen during the whole internship (minimum duration: 100 hours). The final evaluation is carried out by the head of department jointly with the tutor.

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