- Docente: Antonio De Leo
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/08
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)
Learning outcomes
Recognize the morphologic and molecular features of gynecologic and obstetric disorders, and correlate them with their clinical presentation.
Course contents
Diseases of the female reproductive system
Pathology of uterine cervix, vulva and vagina: neoplastic pre-invasive and invasive lesions.
Pathology of the uterine corpus.
Benign lesions: dysfunctional endometrium, endometrial polyps, endometriosis and adenomyosis.
Neoplastic and preneoplastic lesions: endometrial hyperplasia; endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN); classification of endometrial carcinoma.
Mesenchymal tumors, benign and malignant: leiomyoma, leiomyosarcoma, stromal sarcoma.
Ovarian tumors and cysts: benign ovarian cysts; epithelial tumors, benign, borderline and malignant; stromal and sex cord tumors; germ cell tumors.
Readings/Bibliography
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (Robbins Pathology) or equivalent Pathology textbook.
Teaching methods
Slide supported lectures with interactive discussion. Teaching materials will be made available to the students via the IOL (Insegnamenti On-Line) platform at least one day before the lecture.
Attending lectures plays an important role in the learning process. During lectures, the teacher guides the students in the critical reading of the teaching materials and provides opportunities for online formative assessment.
Attendance to learning activities is mandatory; the minimum attendance requirement to be admitted to the final exam is 66% of lessons. For Integrated Courses (IC), the 66% attendance requirement refers to the total amount of I.C. lessons. Students who fail to meet the minimum attendance requirement will not be admitted to the final exam of the course, and will have to attend relevant classes again during the next academic year.
Professors may authorise excused absences upon receipt of proper justifying documentation, in case of illness or serious reasons. Excused absences do not count against a student’s attendance record to determine their minimum attendance requirement.
Assessment methods
Oral examination. Each student is examined by at least two different teachers. As a rule, no fewer than three questions are asked by two different teachers. To pass the exam, the student must provide adequate answers to all the questions. The final grade is based on the overall collegial assessment by the teachers of the student's ability to know, understand, and expose the specific subjects under examination in a concise and complete manner.
Final grades will be assigned according to the following criteria:
-Outstanding 30/30L: full preparation, consolidated and without inaccuracies on the topics covered in the integrated course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently different topics. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language with some original elaboration by the student.
-Excellent 29-30/30: full preparation, consolidated and without significant inaccuracies on the topics covered in the course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language.
-Very good 27-28/30: preparation of very good level, but with significant inaccuracies compromising the achievement of full marks. Ability to analyze and link independently. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.
-Good 23-26/30: preparation of good level, but with important inaccuracies in the presentation. Ability to analyze and link after input from the teacher. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.
-Sufficient 18-22/30: knowledge limited to the basic concepts without serious gaps, only after input from the teacher. Exposition of concepts and language acceptable as a whole.
-Insufficient <18/30: lack of preparation. Serious and repeated conceptual errors.
Teaching tools
The teaching material discussed during the lectures will be made available through the IOL (Insegnamenti On-Line) platform. Access is reserved to Bologna University students.
Office hours
See the website of Antonio De Leo