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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
1° semestre From 10/1/20 To 12/23/20
years Modules TAF Teacher
Supplementary research and laboratory diagnostic informations on Autoimmunity D Silvia Sartoris (Coordinator)
2° 3° Access to essential medicines in developing countries D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
Role of endoscopy in digestive diseases D Armando Gabbrielli (Coordinator)
Evidence of the neurocognitive effects of physical activity in neurodegenerative diseases D Massimo Venturelli (Coordinator)
Exercise testing and prescription for health D Federico Schena (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)
Scheletal deseases in childhood D Franco Antoniazzi (Coordinator)
Everything you always wanted to know about Sexually Transmitted Infections (but were afraid to ask) D Maddalena Cordioli (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° Complications in surgery: management and prevention D Jacopo Weindelmayer (Coordinator)
5° 6° Nutritional Epigenomics: a bridge between DNA and disease D Simonetta Friso (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° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Diagnosis and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and other demyelinitaing diseases of CNS D Massimiliano Calabrese (Coordinator)
5° 6° The seizures and the epilepsies D Salvatore Monaco (Coordinator)
5° 6° Uncommon pancreatic neoplasms D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neurosurgical emergencies D Alberto Feletti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Extracorporeal life support D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° Technologies in Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Clinical aspects and overlapping in ACSD (Abnormal Connectivity Spectrum Disorders): Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome D Leonardo Zoccante (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Histopathological and molecular features of gastroenteric and bilio-pancreatic tumors D Claudio Luchini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Abdominal wall surgery D Antonino Zago (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physiology and pathophysiology of micturition D Maria Angela Cerruto (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physician-patient communication strategies in hematological malignancies D Cristina Tecchio (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Evidence-based medicine: clinicals trials, systematic reivews, meta-analyses and guideline development D Corrado Barbui (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° Therapy of diabetes mellitus D Enzo Bonora (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)
3° 4° 5° 6° Interpretation of laboratory data: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Alcoholism D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Toxicological screening in acute/lethal poisoning cases: chemoinformatic analytical applications D Aldo Eliano Polettini (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and social history of drugs D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Heroin and cocaine. History, epidemiology, new scenarios, clinical approach, complications. Serts. D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° semestre From 2/22/21 To 5/28/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Bioinformatics D Maria Romanelli (Coordinator)
TECO test 3° anno D Martina Montagnana (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 Ugo Moretti (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 Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
Clinical electrocardiography D Daniele Prati (Coordinator)
HIV 20.20: the doctor and the client in real life D Maddalena Cordioli (Coordinator)
Surgical anatomy of head and neck D Daniele Marchioni (Coordinator)
Clinical approach to cancer patient D Michele Milella (Coordinator)
Surgery of pancreas and peryampullary area D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
Colordroppler ultrasound of carotid arteries, lower limbs and abdominal vessels D Sergio De Marchi (Coordinator)
Clinical ultrasound D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pathophysiological, clinical and therapeutics approach to cardiovascular risk D Anna Maria Fratta Pasini (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)
Management of infections and antimicrobial treatment in immunocompromised hosts D Elda Righi (Coordinator)
Multimodal treatment of Upper GastroIntestinal Maligniancies D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pediatric andrology and fertility potential D Nicola Zampieri (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive pediatric surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (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° Training to medical humanities D Martina Montagnana (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 Paolo Fiorini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (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° Allergic and immunomediated diseases D Claudio Lunardi (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° How to prescribe appropriate antibiotic therapy D Evelina Tacconelli (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical senology D Maria Bencivenga (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° TUMORS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: THE PATHOLOGIST ROLE IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY D Valeria Barresi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Gynecopathology in deep D Anna Caliò (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° Diagnosis of Disease based on the laboratory analysis: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tumor immunology and immunomodulation D Stefano Ugel (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Robotic surgery in urology D Alessandro Antonelli (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Intraoperative neurophysiology: a functional approach to modern neurosurgery D Francesco Sala (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Mental health in humanitarian settings and in low- and middle-income countries D Corrado Barbui (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Hints in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphomas D Carlo Visco (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Therapy with biologic agents in rheumatic diseases D Ombretta Viapiana (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Translating basic immunology into the clinic D Francesco De Sanctis (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 Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Multimodal treatment of pancreatic neoplasms D Giuseppe Malleo (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Practical issues in genetic counseling D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction diseases D Daniele Dell'Orco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° From Darwin to molecular genomics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Ethical dilemmas in medical genetics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Improving adherence in medicine: the motivational interviewing D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Deontology D Federica Bortolotti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Women and health D Roberto Salvia (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

1° semestre

Location

VERONA

UROLOGIA

Credits

1

Period

1° semestre

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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Know in depth the main clinical pictures and the main pathologies pertaining to the urologist; know the main invasive procedures, surgical and non-surgical, pertaining to the urologist
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MM: CHIRURGIA
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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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- Surgical and urological semeiotics - Types of surgical wounds and how to medicate - Criteria for hospitalization and discharge - Hints of postoperative management - Hints of medication management - Hints of surgical anatomy (from live experience from the operative theater)

Program

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MM: UROLOGIA
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1) Urological syndromes: hematuria, renal colic, acute scrotum 2) Urinary tract malformations 3) Prostate enlargement and cervico-uretrhal obstruction 4) Urinary lithiasis: diagnosis and treatment 5) Renal tumors: diagnosis and treatment 6) Testicular cancer: diagnosis and treatment 7) Urothelial cancers: diagnosis and treatment 8) Prostate cancer: diagnosis and treatment
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MM: CHIRURGIA
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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, diverticulitis, colonrectal and proctological neoplasm, rectal prolapse 6. Anorectal pathology (fistula, fissure, hemorrhoidis) 7. Hinguinal and umbilical hernia, laparocele 8. Breast pathology 9. Artery disease: aortic aneurysm, occlusive arterial disease, diabetic arteriopathy, cerebrovascular injury 10. Venous disease: primitive varices, post thrombotic syndrome: deep vein thrombosis treatment and prevention 11. Mediastinal and lung disease: pulmponary neoplasm, pneumothorax, mediastinal syndrome 12. GI hemorrhage: causes and clinical management 13. Peritonitis: causes and clinical management 14. Acute abdomen
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MM: DIDATTICA PRATICA DI CHIRURGIA E UROLOGIA
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Ward Outpatient clinics Operative theater

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Renzo Dionigi Chirurgia Masson Editore 2017
Paletto Nuovo trattato di tecnica chirurgica UTET   9788821442186
Boggi U et Al. Minimally invasive surgery of the pancreas (Edizione 1) Springer Verlag 2018 9788847039575
Francesco Porpiglia e Cristian Fiori urology edizioni minerva medica 2020 9788855320276

Examination Methods

Oral examination (Surgery and Urology) 1) verify of knowledge based on course's objectives and program 2 verify of knowledge learned during internship 3) opportunity to take a quiz

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