84405 - Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)

Learning outcomes

Describe the clinical manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, risk factors, natural history, diagnosis, staging, prognostic indicators and management of the major dermatologic and sexually-transmitted diseases, with emphasis on those most commonly encountered in the clinical practice. Identify the major diagnostic and therapeutic options for each encountered clinical scenario, and discuss their benefits and limitations. Summarize decision-making algorithms for a correct differential diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment choice. Present and critically analyze clinical cases, discuss the differential diagnosis, and formulate appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for each case (Problem-Based Learning).

Course contents

Skin: basic structure and function

Cutaneous Signs and diagnosis

Atopic dermatitis and eczema

Contact dermatitis

Drug reactions

Urticaria/ angioedema

Connective tissue diseases (lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, scleroderma)

Psoriasis

Seborrheic dermatitis

Pitiriasis rosea

Lichen planus

Acne vulgaris, Hydradenitis suppurativa, Rosacea

Bacterial infections

Fungal infections

Parasitic infestations

Viral diseases

Autoimmune chronic blistering dermatoses(pemphigus vulgaris, bullous pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, dermatitis herpetiformis)

Nonmelanoma skin cancers and their precursors (actinic keratosis, keratoacanthoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma Merkel cell carcinoma)

Melanocytic nevi and melanoma

Syphilis

Sexually transmitted diaseases (Chlamydia trachomatis

Trichomonas vaginalis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae)

Readings/Bibliography

Class presentations are available on Virtuale

As a general reference book: Andrews' Diseases of the Skin Clinical Dermatology, 13th Edition

Authors: William James Dirk Elston James Treat Misha Rosenbach Robert Micheletti

ElseviereBook 2019

ISBN: 9780323551885

Hardcover ISBN: 9780323547536

Paperback ISBN: 9780323547543

Teaching methods

Theoretical lessons will be conducted in a classroom equipped with multimedia equipment, with the main use of slides in PowerPoint format. Students will be provided with an electronic version of the slides presented during the lessons.

Attendance to learning activities is mandatory; the minimum attendance requirement to be admitted to the final exam is 60% of lessons.

Assessment methods

The exam for this integrated course is a written, multiple-choice test. The number of questions for each subject is proportional to its credit value:

  • Skin & STD (3 credits): 15 questions
  • Immunology (2 credits): 10 questions
  • Rheumatology (2 credits): 10 questions
  • Pathology (1 credit): 5 questions

In total, there are 40 questions. To pass, the student must achieve at least 60% correct answers in each subject area.

Scoring system:

  • Each correct answer earns 0.8 points.
  • Incorrect answers do not subtract points.
  • The total score is rounded to the nearest whole number.

This system allows the student to score 30 with 2-3 incorrect answers, and even 30 cum laude with one incorrect answer.

Important note: The exam is a single, unified test. The student must pass each subject individually. If the student doesn’t pass one or more subjects, the entire exam will need to be retaken, regardless of the overall score. This rule is incontestable.

Teaching tools

Theoretical lessons will be conducted in a classroom with multimedia equipment, with the main use of slides in PowerPoint format. Students will be provided with an electronic version of the slides presented during the lessons.

Office hours

See the website of Bianca Maria Piraccini

SDGs

Good health and well-being Quality education Gender equality Partnerships for the goals

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.