Integrated Course: Pathophysiology and vegetative-visceral function clinicModule Internal medicine
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: ANTONINO DI PINOExpected Learning Outcomes
1. Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology and of the pathophysiological, clinical, and diagnostic aspects of cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, arterial hypertension, metabolic, renal, gastrointestinal, and respiratory diseases.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding
Ability to relate signs and symptoms to underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and to interpret basic clinical data in common internal medicine conditions.
3. Making judgements
Ability to assess essential clinical information, recognize risk factors, and identify conditions requiring further diagnostic evaluation or specialist referral.
4. Communication skills
Ability to use appropriate medical terminology and to clearly and systematically describe the main internal medicine clinical conditions.
5. Learning skills
Ability to independently update and deepen knowledge in internal medicine and in disease prevention and risk factor management.
Course Structure
Lectures on the Teams platform or in the classroom if the coronavirus alarm ceased
Detailed Course Content
Anatomy and physiology of the human body, cardiovascular diseases - ischemic heart disease - IMA- Angina pectoris-arrhythmias, atherosclerosis, aortic and peripheral vasculopathies, venous thromboembolism, pulmonary embolism, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and its complications, nephropathies, kidney disease Acute and chronic renal failure, Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, Diseases of the liver and biliary tract,
Textbook Information
Rugarli: Medicina Interna
Cecil : Compendio di Medicina Interna Verduci Editore
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | anatomia fisiologia e patologia del corpo umano in particolare apparato cardiovascolare , renale e respiratorio, elementi di bioetica | Rugarli: Medicina Interna |
| 2 | apparato gastrointestinale, malattie epatiche, malattie infettive |