93993 - Translational Medicine

Learning outcomes

The course aims to define the concept of translationality in medicine, which must not be understood exclusively as the possibility of translating the knowledge derived from laboratory research into patient care, but must be increasingly aimed at integrating specific biomedical / medical knowledge with skills practices of the health professions, in particular of rehabilitation, in the ambition to create new knowledge and transmit it to the citizen for educational and preventive purposes.

Course contents

1. Definition of Translational Medicine
2. Scientific productivity, innovation, patents (Benchside to Bedside)
3. Communication, dialogue and reputation (Academy and Society)
4. Bad science
5. Well-being. Lifestyles. Supply. Art and Music Therapy
6. The role of the Health Professions

Readings/Bibliography

Shoja MM et al. A guide to the scientific career. Virtues, communication, research and academic writing. Wiley Blackwell. 2020.

Teaching methods

The course consists of 1 CFU (frontal and remote teaching).

Assessment methods

The final test consists in the administration of a written paper containing 10 multiple choice and 1 open questions. Each multiple choice question is worth 3 points. The open question applies to praise.

The vote is 1/3 to the final grade of the Integrated Course.

Teaching tools

The teaching material presented in class will be made available on Insegnamenti On Line in electronic format.

Office hours

See the website of Gianandrea Pasquinelli