90316 - General Pathology Lab-based Course (C1A)

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

The students will study the morphological changes caused by the disease processes and the basic reactions to etiologic agents in cells and tissues, together with the pathogenetic mechanism of their development. This educational laboratory will enable the student to recognize the microscopic alterations in cells and tissues characteristic of the pathologic processes, by the study of general histopathology which will be hold in parallel to the course of General Pathology and Physiopathology.

Course contents

1. Cellular and extracellular pathology: reversible cell injury and fatty change, amyloidosis, necrosis and infarction.

2. Neoplastic transformation: benign tumors, malignant tumors, metastases.

3. Inflammatoryand reparative response: acute inflammation, chronic nonspecific and granulomatous inflammation, granulation tissue, sclerosis, cirrhosis.

4. Vascular disease: medial calcific artheriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, thrombosis.

Readings/Bibliography

Sito web:

http://virtualmicroscopy.patologia-sperimentale.unibo.it/_contenuti/index.php?viewPage=13]

Teaching methods

This is a blended learning teaching consisting of 12 lectures, to explain the topics, and 12 practical lessons in the laboratory of histopathology. To allow an individual access to microscopes, students are divided into four groups. A teacher will be constantly present during laboratory training, to guide the study, answer the questions and solve the problems. The e-learning will be performed on the platform Moodle, access to which students must register using the credentials of the University.

Assessment methods

The learning level will be assessed at the end of classes. The learning assessment will be carried on together with the second sub-test of General Pathology and Physiopathology and will include the examination of a slide at light microscopy. The student must be able to recognize the histological preparation and discuss the morphologic alterations in relation to the knowledge acquired about the subject in the course of General Pathology and Physiopathology.

Teaching tools

The histopathology laboratory has 56 microscopes. The Moodle platform provides support for e-learning.

Links to further information

http://virtualmicroscopy.patologia-sperimentale.unibo.it/_contenuti/index.php?viewPage=13

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Bolognesi