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Teaching code

4S007284

Credits

1

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/48 - NURSING IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND REHABILITATION

Period

1 SEMESTRE PROFESSIONI SANITARIE dal Oct 3, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.

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Program

- Rehabilitation in oncology
• The importance of the rehabilitation intervention
• Multidisciplinary management
• The therapeutic diagnostic path and related complications
- Exercise training for cancer patients
• Patient evaluation and physical exercise
• The scales of measurement of physical performance and disorders related to pathology and treatments
- Rehabilitation in the palliative phase
• Palliative care in the cancer patient
• The rehabilitation approach of the patient in the terminal phase
-Tumors of the head and neck area
• Diagnostic-therapeutic pathway of the patient with head and neck neoplasia and rehabilitation treatment
- Thoraco-pulmonary tumors
• Diagnostic-therapeutic pathway of the patient with thoracic neoplasm and rehabilitation treatment
- Breast tumors
• Diagnostic-therapeutic pathway of the patient with breast cancer and rehabilitation treatment
- Tumors of the urogenital and colorectal districts
• Diagnostic-therapeutic pathway of the patient with uro-genital and colorectal tract neoplasia and rehabilitation treatment
- The treatment of lymphedema in oncology
• The physiopathology of the lymphatic system
• The guidelines for the treatment of lymphedema
• The rehabilitation treatment of lymphedema, with demonstration of the main maneuvers of manual lymphatic drainage and bandaging

Didactic methods

Frontal lesson with use of slides for the theoretical part, laboratory with practical demonstration of the most common manual drainage maneuvers and bandaging for the treatment part

Learning assessment procedures

The final exam is intended to verify the knowledge of the areas of physiotherapy intervention in the areas of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the problems of the cancer patient, including the sequelae of the pathology but also of the chemotherapeutic and surgical interventions and other therapies used in the treatment of this . Knowledge of the pathophysiology of the lymphatic system and how physiotherapeutic intervention can contribute to the treatment of lymphedema will also be evaluated.
Written test with open-ended questions, three for oncology and three for lymphology field
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Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

- knowledge of the topic discussed in class
- ability to identify problems, objectives and therapeutic tools of greatest physiotherapy interest within the didactic material provided
- ability to plan a physiotherapy intervention appropriate to a given lymphological problem

Exam language

italiano