34337 - Training in General Pathology

Learning outcomes

Students will practice with the use of the microscope and will learn the fundamentals of histopathology. The aim of this course is enabling them in recognizing the microscopic alterations caused in cells and tissues by the pathologic processes.

Course contents

The pathologic conditions already discussed in the General Pathology course will be examined again, in order to display the morphologic changes caused by them in tissues. Students will observe:

• the histologic features of acute and chronic inflammatory reaction;

• the different characteristics of necrosis and tissue repair;

• the alterations caused by atherosclerosis and thrombosis;

• examples of epithelial and mesenchymal neoplastic lesions.

Readings/Bibliography

Students can examine the lab slides on a dedicated web site:
https://unibo.smartzoom.com/s1241/login

Teaching methods

Histological slides will be observed in digital format, from:

https://unibo.smartzoom.com/s1241/login

The teacher will explain in detail the features of the pathologic conditions to be examined during each laboratory class.

In consideration of the type of activity and the adopted teaching methods, the attendance of this training activity requires the prior participation of all students in Training Modules 1 and 2 concerning safety in locations of study, [https://elearning-sicurezza.unibo .it/] in e-learning mode.

Assessment methods

The final exam will consist in the description of a histological slide. It will be aimed at verifying the student's ability to recognize the main morphological alterations caused in cells and tissues by the pathologic processesdescribed during the laboratory course.

The final grade of the General Pathology course is the average of the grades obtained in the tests of General Pathology and Laboratory of General Pathology.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Students will have access to a computer classroom.

Office hours

See the website of Giuseppina Di Stefano