The course consists of the presentation of clinical cases concerning the main internal medicine, general medicine and specialistic medicine in order to acquire the ability to design differential diagnosis paths and to set up appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies taking into account the gender differences in the various pathologies. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course, students will have to demonstrate knowledge and ability to understand the fundamental concepts and principles on which the differential diagnosis and therapy of the main internal medicine, general medicine and specialistic medicine. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. At the end of the course the student must be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the previous point in order to apply the appropriate methodologies for the practical management of the patient's clinical problem. You must also know how to prescribe and appropriately interpret laboratory tests (chemical, microbiological and genetic) and instrumental tests (diagnostic imaging and pathophysiological tests) aimed at differential diagnosis. You must know how to plan the appropriate therapy by evaluating the risk-benefit ratio of drugs and non-pharmacological therapies. At the end of the course, students should be able to manage patients' clinical internal problems. MAKING JUDGEMENTS. At the end of the course, students will have to demonstrate that they have not only acquired knowledge and concepts, but also that they are able to provide appropriate judgments in relation to the setting of the diagnostic-therapeutic process, patient safety and management of the clinical risk. COMMUNICATION SKILLS. At the end of the course, students must be able to express themselves and argue appropriately through the specific terminology acquired through the lessons provided, the teaching material and/or the reference text. Students must also be able to communicate with patients and family members in a clear and empathetic way using simple terminology and avoiding technical terms. LEARNING ABILITY. At the end of the course, students will have to demonstrate that they are able to apply the minimum knowledge, skills and competences described in this Syllabus.

Pathophysiology of diseases and methods of clinical examination. Pharmacological basis of therapies.

Clinical cases of internal medicine, general medicine and specialistic medicine with analysis of gender differences in various pathologies.

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. Tenth Edition. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2024. McGraw Hill LANGE. SIMI HANDBOOK Terapia Medica. Seconda edizione 2022. EDRA Ed.

Clinical cases of internal medicine, general medicine and specialistic medicine with analysis of gender differences in various pathologies described during attendance of internal and specialistic medicine units and of family medicine offices.

Clinical case studies on real or simulated patient. Attendance of internal and specialistic medicine units and of family medicine offices are required. The teaching material is made available to students via the Moodle and MS-Teams platforms.

Any changes to the methods described here will be communicated on the Department, Course of Study and teaching website.

Oral examination: discussion of a clinical case with verification questions concerning the history, the objective examination, the clinical methodology of analysis and the ability to integrate the information obtained from the history with that deduced from the objective examination for an initial diagnostic hypothesis.

Assessment
The assessment grid adopted is as follows:
Excellent: Excellent language property and ability to interact with the patient. Very good ability in conducting the anamnesis and performing the physical examination. Very good ability to integrate anamnestic and physical examination information for an initial diagnostic hypothesis.

Distinguished: Very good language property and ability to interact with the patient. Very good ability in conducting the anamnesis and performing the physical examination. Very good ability to integrate anamnestic and physical examination information for an initial diagnostic hypothesis.

Good : Good language and ability to interact with the patient. Good ability in conducting the anamnesis and performing the physical examination. Good ability to integrate anamnestic and physical examination information for an initial diagnostic hypothesis.

Fair: The student does not demonstrate full command of medical language. Although possessing the fundamental knowledge, the student shows difficulties in the collection of the anamnesis and in guiding the objective examination in search of the fundamental signs in relation to the main problem for which the patient comes to the doctor's observation. Fair ability to integrate anamnestic information with the objective examination.

Sufficient: Sufficient property of language and ability to interact with the patient. Sufficient the ability to conduct the anamnesis and perform the objective examination. Sufficient ability to integrate anamnestic and physical examination information for an initial diagnostic hypothesis.

Insufficient: Poor language skills. Inadequate ability to collect anamnesis and perform objective examination. Inability to "link" the anamnestic/objective findings with the possible clinical picture.

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