01070 - Urology (L-Z)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to give to the student the essential theoretical and practical knoledge of the main primitive and secondary diseases as well as the syndromes reguarding, from a medical point of view, the kidneys and the urinary escretion systems with the objective to give the follows elements: correct theoretical and metodological approach to urological and andrological primary and secondary disease; learining of different clinical scenarios and knoledge of prevention, diagnosis, clinical presentation, decision making proces and possible complications. At the end of the course the student would know the basic information concerning the main urological and andrological disease, as well as the biochemical, imaging and clinical test involved in the diagnosis and treatment process. Thanks to the attendance to training courses and elective mono-thematic courses, at the end of the course the student will gain the theoretical-practical bases helpfull to corretly diagnose the disease, thanks to evaluation od symptomps, clinical signs and laboratoristic and strumental (imaging) tools.

Course contents

Program

prostate cancer

renal cancer

bladder cancer

testicular cancer

Upper urinary tract neoplasm

benigne prostatic hyperplasia

urinary incontinence

urological syndromes

urinary lithiasis

erectile disfunction

robotic surgery and laser surgery

Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction, pyeloplasty

Teaching methods

Didactical materials:

Frontal lessons and training course in traditional operating room, robotic operating room and recovery

Assessment methods

oral exam

The purpose of the oral exam is to verify the student's ability to apply his or her knowledge and to make the necessary logical-deductive connections.

 

Gradation of the final grade:

preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expressed in an overall correct language → 18-19; Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to autonomous analysis only on purely executive matters, expression in correct language → 20-24; Preparation on a large number of topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29; Basically exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make autonomous choices of critical analysis and connection, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflection → 30-30L.

Teaching tools

powerpoint e video-clip of surgical procedures

Office hours

See the website of Riccardo Schiavina