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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

4S001921

Credits

10

Coordinator

Mauro Zamboni

Language

Italian

The teaching is organized as follows:

SEMEIOTICA MEDICA

Credits

4

Period

Lezioni 1° semestre 2°- 6° anno

Location

VERONA

SEMEIOTICA CHIRURGICA

Credits

1

Period

Lezioni 1° semestre 2°- 6° anno

Location

VERONA

DIDATTICA PRATICA DI SEMEIOTICA MEDICA

Credits

5

Period

See the unit page

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

See the unit page

Learning outcomes

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At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand the importance of collecting anamnestic data, performing the semeiologic maneuvers, recording and interpreting the main objective signs. Semeiotics (from Greek Semeion = sign) is in fact the discipline regarding the study of the patient through the relief and interpretation of symptoms and signs. The student will acquire the rational and scientific basis for clinical reasoning and the ability to apply a correct methodological process to reach the diagnosis. At the end of the course the student will know the basics of the clinical reasoning and will be able to apply the correct methodology to approach the patient. He/she will be able to perform a clinical interview and to establish an appropriate patient-physician relationship. He/she will be able to understand and interpret the main symptoms and signs in medicine. Through lectures and practical training, the student will be able to perform a comprehensive physical examination, to detect the main symptoms and signs of illness by using standard clinical techniques and procedures, to collect a problem-oriented medical history, to identify active and inactive problems, to identify interrelationships between events, taking into consideration the overall needs of the patients. For this purpose, the student will learn the different stages of experimental and clinical reasoning in their logical and complexaspects, as well as the complexity (psychological, ethical, etc.) of the doctor-patient relationship. He/she will develop interview skills to identify the patient's relevant problems in a reliable and effective way, and will increase communication skills needed to create an adequate relationship with the patient. The student will be able to interpret the main laboratory variables related to the most important diseases (infections, inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases). He/she will also acquire the basic knowledge of instrumental diagnostics methods used in clinical practice. By the end of the course students will be able to: 1. Perform a general and specific medical history. 2. Perform a general physical examination; 3. Measure blood pressure, perform a venous blood sample; 4. Understand the meaning and general pathophysiology of the most frequent signs and symptoms; 5. Be able to detect physical signs of disease, learn the most important laboratory parametersmodificationsand the most common diagnostic tests for studying the most relevantdiseases; 6. Have basic knowledge of the relationship between doctor, patient, family, colleagues and other health professionals. 7. Carry out an overall assessment, based on systems and organs, of the healthy and sick subject 8. Learn indications and limits of instrumental and laboratory diagnostics (first level).
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By the end of the course students will be able to: 1. Perform a general and specific medical history. 2. Perform a general physical examination; 3. Measure blood pressure, perform a venous blood sample; 4. Understand the meaning and general pathophysiology of the most frequent signs and symptoms; 5. Be able to detect physical signs of disease, learn the most important laboratory parametersmodificationsand the most common diagnostic tests for studying the most relevantdiseases; 6. Have basic knowledge of the relationship between doctor, patient, family, colleagues and other health professionals. 7. Carry out an overall assessment, based on systems and organs, of the healthy and sick subject 8. Learn indications and limits of instrumental and laboratory diagnostics (first level).
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Surgical clinical evaluation of head and neck, torax and abdome

Program

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at the end of the course, the student must be able to: • set the most appropriate attitude and language in relation to the environmental conditions (outpatient clinic, ward, etc.) and to the patient's conditionto obtain a precise medical history and physical examination; • collect accurately the medical history, quoting any medical records and listing the different symptoms, correlating them with pathophysiologic criteria. • critically evaluate the significance of symptoms, clinical signs and laboratory and instrumental data; • fill inthe clinical record in its various sections and update, using the appropiatesemeiological terminology; • start applying the logical tools of clinical reasoning; • perform a clinical interview focused on the complete collection of the patient's symptoms; • collect physiological or pathological signs concerning different anatomical systems In particular: - General Physical Examination - Head and Neck - Thorax-Respiratory System - Cardiovascular system - Breast - Abdomen - Uro-genitalapparatus - Locomotory apparatus - Nervous system - Hematopoietic organs - Assessment of nutritional status - Assessment of physical performance - Pain, fever
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at the end of the course, the student must be able to: • set the most appropriate attitude and language in relation to the environmental conditions (outpatient clinic, ward, etc.) and to the patient's conditionto obtain a precise medical history and physical examination; • collect accurately the medical history, quoting any medical records and listing the different symptoms, correlating them with pathophysiologic criteria. • critically evaluate the significance of symptoms, clinical signs and laboratory and instrumental data; • fill inthe clinical record in its various sections and update, using the appropiatesemeiological terminology; • start applying the logical tools of clinical reasoning; • perform a clinical interview focused on the complete collection of the patient's symptoms; • collect physiological or pathological signs concerning different anatomical systems In particular: - General Physical Examination - Head and Neck - Thorax-Respiratory System - Cardiovascular system - Breast - Abdomen - Uro-genitalapparatus - Locomotory apparatus - Nervous system - Hematopoietic organs - Assessment of nutritional status - Assessment of physical performance - Pain, fever
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Surgical clinical evaluation of head and neck, torax and abdome

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Frada G & Frada G. Semeiotica medica nell'adulto e nell'anziano (Edizione 5) Piccin 2014
Dioguardi N. , Sanna GP Moderni Aspetti di Semeiotica Medica (Edizione 6) Universo (sesta edizione) 2011
Amoroso A. & Rossi Fanelli F. Semeiotica Medica e Metodologia Clinica Antonio Delfino Editore 2013
Amoroso A., Riggio O., Afetra A., Costantino S., Picardi A., Vettore L. Semeiotica pratica Antonio Delfino Editore 2013
Renzo Dionigi Chirurgia Masson Editore 2017

Examination Methods

Multiple choice written test. Bedside evaluation.Oral examination focused on critical evaluation of problem-oriented medical history.

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