- Docente: Giuseppina Di Stefano
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 9201)
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from Mar 06, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of general mechanisms underlying human diseases: natural and acquired immunity, neoplastic transformation, hemodynamic disorders.
Course contents
Aims and methods of general pathology
Natural immunity
Acute inflammation: exudate formation; fagocytosis. Chronic inflammatory reactions. Tissue repair.
Acquired immunity
Antibodies and humoral immunity. Breast feeding and immune protection of the newborn. Cell-mediated immune reactions. Hypersensitivity reactions.
Neoplastic transformation
Characteristics of neoplastic tissues. Metastatic dissemination. Carcinogens. Cancer epidemiology. Breast feeding as a protective factor against breast cancer.
Readings/Bibliography
M. Parola
Patologia Generale.
EdiSES
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The final exam will be conducted orally and will aim to verify the achievement of educational objectives; more specifically, it will assess the student's knowledge of the basic mechanisms through which human diseases are generated. The student will be asked to discuss in depth one of the topics covered during the teaching course.
The final grade of the “Microbiology and Pathology” course is the average of the grades obtained in the tests of General Pathology, Microbiology and Clinical Pathology.Teaching tools
Use of personal computer with slide showing.
Office hours
See the website of Giuseppina Di Stefano
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.