- Docente: Francesco Ursini
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
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from Dec 06, 2023 to Dec 13, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student has the knowledge to recognize and interpret the main rheumatic diseases. In particular, the student knows: - the signs, symptoms and laboratory and imaging diagnostic data that characterize inflammatory arthropathies (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Seronegative Spondyloarthritis, Septic Arthritis, Crystal-induced arthritis); degenerative arthropathy (osteoarthritis or osteoarthritis); Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis. - Introduction on the classification of vasculitis, on inflammatory myopathies and on the classes of drugs used for arthropathies.
Course contents
- Lesson 1: Introduction to rheumatology; Semeiotics of inflammatory and non-inflammatory rheumatic diseases; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lesson 2: Axial spondyloarthritis; Peripheral spondyloarthritis
- Lesson 3: Crystal arthritis; Infectious arthritis; Fibromyalgia; Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Lezione 4: Giant cell arteritis/Takayasu arteritis; Inflammatory myopathies
Readings/Bibliography
Johannes WJ Bijlsma – EULAR Textbook on Rheumatic Diseases – Third Edition (2018), BMJ
AAVV – Unireuma – Reumatologia - per studenti e medici di medicina generale – Idelson Gnocchi
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons.
Assessment methods
Verification of learning takes place through a written test aimed at assessing the achievement of the educational objectives of the course. The exam is carried out jointly by the Professors of the three disciplines that make up the course.
The test will consist of 60 multiple-choice questions (4 or 5), of which only one will be the correct one. The time allowed will be 60 minutes.
There will be 20 questions for each module making up the course.
Correct answers will be awarded a score, while wrong answers or questions with no answer will have no score.
Teaching tools
The didactic material (slides) presented during the lesson will be available to students on the Virtuale portal. In addition, the slides of the lessons are provided with a bibliography, in order to allow the student deepen the topic.
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Ursini