D1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING CAPACITY At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate to know and understand the diagnostic methods of clinical microbiology applied to the main infectious diseases and the general principles of antimicrobial therapy
D2. CAPACITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate to know how to apply the diagnostic methods of clinical microbiology in the diagnosis of the main infectious diseases and the general principles of antimicrobial therapy
D3. JUDGMENT AUTONOMY At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate to recognize the main infectious syndromes and to be able to apply the different microbiological diagnosis methodologies and the different antimicrobial treatments.
D4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS At the end of the course the student must be able to express himself appropriately on the microbiological diagnostics applied to the main infectious diseases and on the general principles of antimicrobial treatment.
D5. LEARNING SKILLS At the end of the course the student must be able to demonstrate that he / she has learned the methods regarding the diagnostic management and the antimicrobial treatment of the main infectious syndromes.

knowledge of the disciplines of Microbiology and Pathophysiology

Principles of epidemiology, clinic, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of the main diseases due to microbial agents

Medicina Interna per Scienze Infermieristiche. Antonelli Incalzi R. Edizioni Piccin

1. Introduction: infectious diseases in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients, epidemiology of infections, risk factors, transmission pathways and diagnostic principles
2. Sepsis
3. community, hospital and healthcare associated infections
4. meningitis, encephalitis (summary)
5. Gastrointestinal infections / intoxications
6. Viral hepatitis and mononucleosic syndromes
7. HIV and AIDS
8. other sexually transmitted infections (summary): herpes simplex, lue, gonorrhea
9. Tuberculosis
10. Tropical infections (summary)) malaria, leishmaniasis

Frontal lessons with the aid of projections of files in Power Point or compatible format.

The PowerPoint presentations related to the teaching units are available on the Moodle@units and Microsoft Teams computer platforms

Through an oral examination with an open-ended question lasting approximately 15-20 minutes, the student's ability to identify the main clinical manifestations of infectious diseases relevant pathologies, as well as their knowledge and understanding of the diagnostic and therapeutic process, will be assessed. The evaluation criteria are as follows:

Excellent (30 - 30 cum laude): excellent knowledge of the topics, outstanding language proficiency, excellent analytical skills; the student can apply theoretical knowledge brilliantly to real-life cases.
Very Good (27 - 29): good knowledge of the topics, remarkable language proficiency, good analytical skills; the student can correctly apply theoretical knowledge to real-life cases.
Good (24-26): good knowledge of the main topics, satisfactory language proficiency; the student demonstrates an adequate ability to apply theoretical knowledge to real-life cases.
Satisfactory (21-23): the student does not show full mastery of the main teaching topics, despite possessing fundamental knowledge; nevertheless, they exhibit satisfactory language proficiency and sufficient ability to apply theoretical knowledge to real-life cases.
Sufficient (18-20): minimal knowledge of the main teaching topics and technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to real-life cases.
Insufficient: the student does not possess an acceptable level of knowledge regarding the content of the various program topics

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)