45533 - Internal Medicine 2 (L-Z)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the Course Students should master the fundamentals of clinical knowledge and methods in order to :

- evaluate the presence of a real Emergency on the basis of clinical and lab findings

- consider possible differential diagnoses and start initial treatment

- foresee a possible longer-term follow up

Course contents

- Syncope

- Hypertensive Energencies

- Metabolic Coma

- Poisoning

- Thoracic Pain

Readings/Bibliography

Any major texbook of Internal Medicine (Harrison, Cecil, Stein..)

Teaching methods

Interactive lessons

Assessment methods

Multiple choice questionnaire on topics dealt with during the Lessons

Teaching tools

Power Point lessons

Office hours

See the website of Marco Lenzi