Knowledge and understanding skills. The student should demonstrate the knowledge of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles, the side effects and indications of drugs used in the therapy of some common diseases (gastrointestinal tract infections, gastric and duodenal ulcers, pain, gout).

Ability to apply knowledge. The student must demonstrate that he has acquired skills and ability to understand the mechanism of action of the drugs used in the aforementioned pathologies and their actions on the human body.

Judgment autonomy. At the end of the course, the student will have to demonstrate how to use the skills acquired with judgment autonomy. He should be able to choose medications in different clinical situations, based on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics.

Communicative skills. At the end of the course, the student must be able to expose the aforementioned notions.

Learning ability. The student should be able to find the information and learn independently the topics related to the treatment of common diseases, also for continuous professional development.

The student should have prior knowledge of Pharmacology and Internal medicine.
In particular, the student must have passed the exam in Pharmacology and Toxicology (III year), preparatory to this course.

Gastrointestinal Infections and their therapy
Therapy of peptic ulcera
Therapy of pain
Clinical of steroids, therapy of gout
Biologics

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Gastrointestinal Infections and their therapy
Therapy of peptic ulcera
Therapy of pain
Clinical of steroids, therapy of gout
Biologics

Teaching with the aid of slides projection. The slides will be available for students to view and download on the Teams platform.

Any changes these indications, which may become necessary to ensure the application of safety protocols related to the COVID19 emergency, will be communicated on the Department’s and Degree Course websites and Lecture course Moodle page.

The power point slides used during the lectures will be provided to the students (downloadable from the Teams platform).
In any case, the teacher is available for further explanations and explanations after e mail contact.

Two tests contribute to the final evaluation with a score expressed out of thirty.
The first test has the objective of verifying the learning of the concepts covered in the Pharmacology module.
The test provides a written open question. The duration of the written test is 60 minutes. The vote is given on the basis of the degree of detail of the answer, it is expressed out of thirty and the minimum score for passing the exam is 18/30.
Specifically, the evaluation will be:
-Excellent (30 -30 cum laude): excellent knowledge of topics, remarkable language property, good analytical ability; the student/ess is able to brilliantly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
-Very good (27 -29): good knowledge of topics, remarkable language property, good analytical ability; the student/ess is able to correctly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
-Good (24-26): good knowledge of main topics, fair language property; the student/ess shows adequate ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
-Satisfactory (21-23): the student/ess does not show full mastery of the topics
main topics of the teaching, although he/she possesses the fundamental knowledge; however, he/she shows satisfactory ownership of language and sufficient ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
-Sufficient (18-20): minimal knowledge of the main topics of the teaching and of the
technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
-Insufficient (<18): the student(s) does not possess acceptable content knowledge of the various program topics. number and type of questions are communicated to students in advance at the beginning of the lessons.
Passing the first test is a necessary prerequisite for access to the final oral exam of the teaching of Internal Medicine.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more objectives of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.