Medicine and Surgery

Main teaching objectives: Nephrology: Collect renal history, Require specific tests to evaluate and distinguish among clinical manifestations of Renal Disease, Evaluate urinary sediment, Understand the diagnostic value of radiologic techniques in nephrology, Diagnose Acute Renal Failure, Classify and understand the prognostic values of different stages of Chronic Renal Failure, Identify major electrolyte and acid-base derangements, Understand the clinical value of renal biopsy, Identify the hallmarks of the main primary glomerulonephritides, Identify the hallmarks of the main secondary glomerulonephritides, Understand the clinical specificities of those renal clinical conditions allowed by renal replacement therapies (dialysis and transplantation), Evaluate an hypertensive patients from a nephrologic point of view, Evaluate a patient presenting with nephrolithiasis, Urology: Medical history tacking in Urology, Physical examination in Urology including DRE, Testicular examination, Insertion of urethral catheter, Carry out and interpret urine analysis, Interpretation of: Plain radiograph of kidney, ureter and bladder, IVU films, Urinary flow rate, CT of abdomen and pelvis, Ultrasonography of the kidney, ureters and bladder, Urodynamics, Semen analysis