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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
Corsi elettivi 1° semestre From 10/9/17 To 12/21/17
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)
Role of the Medicine student in a cognitive laboratory for Nursing students D Roberto Leone (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° 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° Topics of hepatology from medical and surgical point of view D Franco Capra (Coordinator)
5° 6° Research methodology basis and critical reading of a scientific article D Giuseppe Borzellino (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° 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° 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° Minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robot-assisted) surgery in abdominal diseases (videos and dry-lab) D Corrado Pedrazzani (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° Physiology and pathophysiology of micturition D Maria Angela Cerruto (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physiopathology of low back pain and degenerative spondiloarthritis D Bruno Magnan (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)
3° 4° 5° 6° Interpretation of laboratory data: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and social history of drugs D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Alcoholism D Marco Faccini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Heroin and cocaine. History, epidemiology, new scenarios, clinical approach, complications. Serts. D Marco Faccini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° School of Medicine and Surgery Seminars, 2017-2018 D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
Corsi elettivi 2° semestre From 2/19/18 To 5/25/18
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Bioinformatics D Maria Romanelli (Coordinator)
2° 3° Molecular biology of emerging viruses D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
2° 3° Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS 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° Motivational interviewing D Fabio Lugoboni (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° Intervento sanitario breve 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 Giampaolo Tortora (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 Enrico Polati (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of pancreas and peryampullary area D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neonatal surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgical oncology of the gastrointestinal tract D Corrado Pedrazzani (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° Imaging in reumathology D Maurizio Rossini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Introduction to Robotic Surgery D Paolo Fiorini (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° Experimental microsurgery D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical senology D Giovanni Paolo Pollini (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° 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° 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 Michela Conti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Psysiopathology of the foot in childhood and in adults D Bruno Magnan (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation D Nicola Smania (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Humanitarian Medicine and Surgery D Elda Baggio (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Bioethic issues in Human Genetics D Alberto Turco (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)
3° 4° 5° 6° Practical issues in genetic counseling D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Women and medicine D Elda Baggio (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Training to medical humanities D Roberto Leone (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Deontology D Federica Bortolotti (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

4S02599

Credits

7

Coordinator

Lidia Del Piccolo

Language

Italian

The teaching is organized as follows:

PSICOLOGIA CLINICA

Credits

2

Period

Lezioni 1° semestre 2°- 6° anno

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Lidia Del Piccolo

SCIENZE UMANE

Credits

2

Period

Lezioni 1° semestre 2°- 6° anno

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Cristina Lonardi

TIROCINIO DI SCIENZE PROPEDEUTICHE ALLA PROFESSIONE MEDICA

Credits

3

Period

See the unit page

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

See the unit page

Learning outcomes

Module: SCIENZE UMANE
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Introduction to the approach that are typical of social sciences in the study of health/disease issues and sociology of medicine.


Module: PSICOLOGIA CLINICA
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Teaching objectives

How to collect useful clinical information
Building the relationship with the patient
Explanation, planning and sharing decisions
Develop personal awareness during clinical consultations

An overall curriculum of doctor-patient communication skills will be presented, in terms of

Process
a. How to structure a medical consultation
b. How to collect bio-psyco-social information
c. How to build doctor-patient relationship
d. How to give information and build up a common ground with the patient

Content:
a. Factors related to cure and care
b. the bio-psyco-social model
c. Emotions and non-verbal comunication
d. Attachment theory, motivational systems and the role of interpersonal relationships
e. Evidences on the role of doctor-patient communication
f. Self awareness and burn-out
g. How to deal difficult relationships with patients.
h. The“Process Model of Stress and Coping”.


Module: TIROCINIO DI SCIENZE PROPEDEUTICHE ALLA PROFESSIONE MEDICA
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Program

Module: SCIENZE UMANE
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Issues during this year's course are the following:
- relationships between social sciencea and medicine; how bio-medicine affects social science theories and research;how social scienceds affect medical theories and related behaviors;
- social research and humanistic outcome measures: patient-reported outcomes (PRO); quality of life (QoL) and clinical research;
- Examples of specifically applications.


Module: PSICOLOGIA CLINICA
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Program (24 hours)

Clinical Psychology, (to cure, to care), the bio-psyco-social model of illness.
Patient-centred approach, the structure of the consultation, doctor and patient agenda. How to collect information
Emotions and non-verbal communication
Attachment theroy, motivational systems and their role in interpersonal relationships
How to inform, educate and involve the patient. How to deal with “difficult” relationships with patients and families. How to break "bad news"
Patients with unexplained symptoms. How to deal with them. The reattribution model.
The“Process Model of Stress and Coping”.
Self awareness. “Burn out”
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Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Del Piccolo Lidia Competenze per comunicare con i pazienti Piccin 2015
Lonardi C. Diseguaglianze sociali di salute: lo stigma «Salute e società» , vol. x, n. 3 2011 Franco Angeli 2011 Si tratta di un articolo inserito in una rivista scientifica.
Lonardi C. Salute, in (a cura di) Cipolla C., I concetti fondamentali del sapere sociologico Franco Angeli 2011 Si tratta di un capitolo di libro.
Editoriale What is health? The ability to adapt, The Lancet, 373: 781. 2009 Editoriale-articolo su rivista scientifica
Carlo Cristini, Carlo Cipolli, Alòessandro Porro, Marcello Cesa-Bianchi Comunicare con l'anziano FrancoAngeli 2012
Docente del corso Materiale didattico: slides delle lezioni e articoli suggeriti nel programma 2021

Examination Methods

Module: SCIENZE UMANE ------- Questionnaires with multiple response items and open ended questions Materials for the exam: Slides from the lessons, downladable from the following website https://elearning.univr.it/j/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=457 Letture reperibili presso la biblioteca Meneghetti (cartella dedicata): a) Niero M., Polettini P. (2008). Introduzione: le molte facce del concetto di salute nelle scienze sociali. In La salute dei mantovani: epidemiologia e percezione delle differenze (a cura di M.Niero e P.Polettini), Franco Angeli, Milano (pp.13-36). [La parte dell’introduzione di interesse per l’esame è quella redatta specificamente da M.Niero: pp.13-26] b) Garrino L.(2010). La medicina narrativa nella cura e nella formazione. In Garrino L.(a cura di) La medicina narrativa nei luoghi di formazione di cura, EDI-Hermes Milano (pp.5-23). c) NIERO M.(2008). Gli esiti riferiti dal paziente, fra medicina e scienze sociali. In M.Niero, La personalizzazione nella ricerca quantitativa per la valutazione della salute e degli esiti riferiti dal pazienti, Angeli Milano: (pp.13-32). d) Niero M. (2010). Qualità percepita e soddisfazione del paziente (Bozza non pubblicata)(pp.1-12). One of the following texts: e1) Vezzoni P.(2010). Determinismo genetico. In Neodarwiniso e scienze sociali (Roberto Vignera a cura di), Angeli Milano (pp.57-74). e2) Giacca M.(2010). Genes and human behavior. Towards a new determinism on genetic bases? Salute e Società, IX (3).(pp.13-23). Esempi di PRO di diverse generazioni possono essere viste ai seguenti siti web, in cui è possibile trovare demo online: Questionario SF-36: http://crc.marionegri.it/qdv/index.php?page=sf36 http://crc.marionegri.it/qdv/questionari/sf36/sf36v1ita.htm Questionario PGWBI: http://crc.marionegri.it/qdv/index.php?page=pgwbi http://crc.marionegri.it/qdv/questionari/pgwbi/pgwbi.htm PROMIS DEMO (nella Demo, un programma ad hoc estrae le domande da una item bank, a seconda delle risposte fornite man mano dal rispondente; ciascuna di queste domande è stata pre-calibrata nell’item bank per “difficoltà” ed estratta a secondo il livello di problema che viene manifestato dal rispondente durante l’intervista). https://www.assessmentcenter.net/ac1/Default.aspx?SID=D4EB936B-D46D-420B-86CC-7FE08FBAE9C9 Module: PSICOLOGIA CLINICA ------- written exam with multiple choice and open questions Module: TIROCINIO DI SCIENZE PROPEDEUTICHE ALLA PROFESSIONE MEDICA -------

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