03594 - Gastroenterology (LZ-B)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows:

- the pathophysiology, the epidemiological relevance, the clinical course, the investigation techniques and the therapeutic notions related to the main esophageal, gastric, biliopancreatic, intestinal and hepatic disease;

- the main causes, the methods of presentation, the diagnostic methods, the prognosis and the various therapeutic measures of digestive hemorrhages, of which it is able to hypothesize the location on the basis of the clinic and its presentation;

- the pathophysiology, the clinical symptoms, the investigation techniques and the notions of therapy of malabsorption syndromes;

- the clinical symptomatology, the investigation techniques and the notions of therapy of bowel and liver tumors.

Course contents

Liver diseases

• Acute liver failure

• Viral hepatitis

• Alcohol-related liver disease

• Steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

• Autoimmune liver disease

• Accumulation liver disease

• Drug induced liver injury

• Liver cirrhosis

• Liver neoplasms

Diseases of the biliary tract and pancreas

• Jaundice and cholestasis. Chronic cholestatic diseases

• Cholelithiasis

• Neoplasms of the biliary tract

• Acute pancreatitis

• Chronic pancreatitis

• Neoplasms and preneoplastic lesions of the pancreas

Diseases of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum

• Motor disorders of the esophagus

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (including Barrett's esophagus)

• Neoplasms of the esophagus

• HP infection and related diseases

• Chronic gastritis and gastropathy from drugs

• Stomach cancer and precancerous lesions

Gastrointestinal functional pathologies

• Dyspepsia

• Irritable bowel syndrome

• Chronic constipation

Diarrheas, malabsorptions and colon pathologies

• Diarrhea

• Celiac disease

• Diverticular disease

• Colorectal neoplasm

Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

• Crohn's disease

• Ulcerative colitis

• Microscopic colitis

Gastrointestinal bleeding

Readings/Bibliography

Manuale dell'apparato digerente. Edizione 2022-2025

Coordinamento Nazionale Docenti di Gastroenterologia (UNIGASTRO)

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Teaching methods

The teaching methods used to support the learning process and achieve the educational objectives of the teaching are lectures and presentation and discussion of clinical cases.

The "problem solving" methodology is also used, identifying a specific clinical problem in the context of the diseases of the digestive system discussed during the course and identifying its solutions.

Assessment methods

The verification and evaluation of the student's learning are carried out with an oral exam, which does not require papers to be delivered before the exam date and which involves a final grade.

The purpose of the exam is to evaluate the student's ability to apply their knowledge in diseases of the digestive system and to make the necessary logical-deductive connections.
During the exam, the student's knowledge of the epidemiology, etiology, physiopathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis and therapy of the diseases of the digestive system addressed in the course will be verified.

The vote will be graduated according to the following criteria:
a) preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course, ability to analyze only with the help of the teacher, expression with overall correct language: 18-19.

b) preparation on a limited number of topics, autonomous analysis ability only on purely executive issues, expression with correct language: 20-24.

c) preparation on a large number of topics, ability to make autonomous choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology: 25-29.

d) exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis and connections, full mastery of the specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect: 30-30L.

Teaching tools

The tools that are used to support teaching aim to stimulate interaction and socialization among students and improve their learning experience.
These essentially consist of audiovisual aids concerning the clinical manifestation, the diagnostic techniques and the treatment of diseases of the digestive system addressed in the course.

Office hours

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