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IGIENE, MEDICINA CLINICA E FARMACOLOGIA - CO

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Nursing
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2020/2021
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2021/2022
Seat of the course: 
Como - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
6
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
90
Requirements: 

Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, general pathology and nursing (topics covered during the first year of study) are useful to understand and comprehend the topics covered during the course. There are no constraining prerequisites for this integrated course

Final Examination: 
Orale

The learning verification consists of an oral test. Students will be asked both wide-ranging and more specific questions regarding the topics covered in the three modules of the integrated course.
The objective of the exam is to verify the degree of achievement of the educational objectives indicated above, assessing the level of knowledge, critical in-depth analysis of the topics addressed and the ability to apply them to individual pathologies, drug treatment and current hygiene and health standards.
In the course of the test evaluation Teachers will also consider the student's ability to articulate the speech with clarity, precision, relevance and language properties.
A positive outcome of the oral tests in each of the three modules is mandatory to pass the exam (mark to pass: 18 thirtieths). The final evaluation will be the average of the evaluations of the three tests, provided that all are sufficient. The mark is expressed in thirtieths.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The integrated course of HYGIENE INTERNAL MEDICINE AND PHARMACOLOGY takes place in the first semester of the second year and is inclusive of the following teachings:
-GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE - credits 2
-INTERNAL MEDICINE - credits 2
- PHARMACOLOGY - credits 2
The educational objectives of the teaching are to provide students with the pathophysiological bases, symptoms, diagnosis of the main human pathologies in the internal medicine field. In addition, lectures are provided on specific classes of drugs and on their use in healthy subjects, in adult and pediatric patients, also in relation to specific pathologies faced in the course of Internal Medicine. The course also provides students with information on hygiene, epidemiology, prevention and public health.
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- know the basic principles relating to epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, risk factors, clinical presentations, diagnostic-decision-making and therapeutic paths typical of the main pathological frameworks of Internal Medicine;
-recognize the main pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics and the toxicity mechanisms of specific classes of drugs for their correct management and use in intra and extra-hospital settings;
-recognize the risk factors for the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases
- identify the most suitable preventive interventions on the population and in the welfare structures.

Modules