84467 - Abdominal Pathology

Learning outcomes

Recognize the morphologic and molecular features of gastrointestinal, liver, kidney and genito-urinary diseases, and correlate them with their clinical presentation.

Course contents

Basic surgical pathology, histopathology and molecular pathology of the following abdominal diseases:

Pre-cancer lesions and colorectal cancer.

Hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. Liver and biliary cancer.

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the stomach. Barrett's oesophagus

Benign and malignant diseases on the pancreas.

Adult kidney tumors.

Urothelial tumors.

Benign and malignant diseases of the prostate

Readings/Bibliography

Class presentations are available on Virtuale.

As a general reference book: Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 10th Edition

Teaching methods

Class presentations.

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

Assessment methods

The final exam will be an oral assessment to verify the achievement of objectives (critical thinking, knowledge of topics) within the integrated course of Abdominal Diseases (IC).

Graduation of the final grade

Insufficient: lack of preparation. Serious and repeated conceptual errors.

18-19: knowledge of the basic concepts without serious gaps. Exposition of concepts and language as a whole acceptable.

20-24: knowledge of the basic concepts without gaps. Ability to analyze and link in partial autonomy. Exposure of discrete concepts and language.

25-29: preparation of good or very good level or even excellent preparation but with inaccuracies in the presentation that compromise the achievement of full marks. Ability to analyze and link independently. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and mastery of the language.

30-30L: full preparation, consolidated and without 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.

 

Final Grades:

To pass the exam, students will need to reach at least the pass-mark (18/30) in all modules of the I.C. (Abdominal Pathology, Abdominal Radiology, Abdominal Surgery, Gastroenterology, Neprhology, Urology); the final grade will be the marks weighted average. Cum laude will be considered when obtained in at least one of the modules with a full score (30/30) in the others. The student will be able to accept or decline the final grades. If a student did not pass any module, he/she would be able to sustain again only the exam of the failed modules (maintaining the grades obtained in the others), as long as this occurred in the following exam session.

Dates of exams in 2023

19/06 10/07 24/07 4/09 26/09

Teaching tools

View of digitalized histological slides

Office hours

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