Medicine and Surgery

The Integrated Pathology I course includes: i. integrated cardiovascular system pathology lessons, administered during the second semester of the 3rd year, and ii. the integrated pulmonary system lessons, administered during the first semester of the 4th year. The Pharmacology teaching Unit of the Integrated cardiovascular system pathology course deals with: Antiarrhythmic drugs Antihypertensive drugs Pharmacotherapy of acute and congestive heart failure Drugs for angina pectoris and acute coronary syndrome Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs Drugs for hypercholesterolemia and dyslipidaemia All drugs will be discussed in terms of mechanism of action, approved indications, place in therapy, drug-drug interactions, contraindications and adverse effects. In addition, the main international clinical guidelines for the therapy of cardiovascular diseases will be explained and discussed. The Pharmacology teaching Unit of the Integrated pulmonary system pathology course will deal with: Drugs for bronchial asthma and COPD therapy Drugs for TBC therapy Drugs for lung cancer therapy All drugs will be discussed in terms of mechanism of action, approved indications, place in therapy, drug-drug interactions, contraindications and adverse effects. In addition, the main international clinical guidelines for the therapy of pulmonary diseases will be explained and discussed.

Knowledge of the anatomy and Physiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory system (important) Have attended the lessons and passed the evaluation on Pharmacokinetics (mandatory)

PowerPoint presentations of the Course lessons Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, McGraw-Hill Education, XIV edition, 2023

Class attendance is mandatory, according to the Faculty rules

i. active partecipation during lessons (25%) ii. results from written examination (75%). Multiple choice-quizzes will be the standard test. Duration of the written examination will be 10 minutes for each unit. At least 4 correct answers are required to pass the test. In case the student will fail the written exam, he/she will be offered oral examination. For the oral examination, some of the elements that will be taken into consideration are: the logic applied to the resolution of the question; the adequacy of the response in relation to the knowledge the student should have acquired at the end of the course; the use of appropriate scientific language. In-coming international students who will request it, have the possibility to pass the exam in English. In this case, only oral examination will be offered.

Frontal lections and clinical case discussions with students. These will allow to obtain points 1 and 2 of learning objectives (see section on learning objectives awaited). Tutorials on how to navigate through the EMA, AIFA, and main scientific societies' websites, to find international therapy guidelines, will allow to obtain point 5 of learning objectives. Multiple-choice quizzes and/or short scientific reports will teach students how to integrate the knowledge derived from attending the course to formulate judgements based on the available data. (point 3 of learning objectives). Students will also be requested to discuss some scientific articles and translate their content into patient and relative-friendly information, in order to accomplish point 4 of learning objectives.