96600 - FONDAMENTI DI ORTOPEDIA

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will obtain basic knowledge of musculoskeletal diseases, with particular focus on the hand and wrist pathologies both in childhood and adulthood. The lessons are focused on:

- pathophysiology of the diseases

- clinical and instrumental semeiotics

- medical treatment

- surgical treatment (conservative, reconstructive and substitutive therapy)

Course contents

The program of the Fundamentals of Orthopedics course will cover the anatomy and physical examination of the hand, wrist, and forearm; the general principles and both conservative and surgical management of fractures and of traumatic and degenerative conditions of the wrist and hand, with particular attention to differences in the management of pediatric patients. The course will conclude with an overview of the main orthoses and orthopedic devices used in the treatment and rehabilitative process of the principal conditions addressed.

Readings/Bibliography

Ortopedia e traumatologia - di P. Randelli e A. Della Valle (PICCIN).

Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy - Trumble, Thomas (ELSEVIER).

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures with PowerPoint presentations and short demonstration videos. The format is primarily lecture-based but includes interactive elements (quizzes, rapid-response questions, and case-based discussions) to encourage active participation. Q&A breaks and exercises on shared images/radiographs are included. Materials and recordings are made available for individual study.

Students may also, on a voluntary basis and in small groups, attend observation shifts in the Orthopedic Emergency Department under the supervision of a dedicated tutor, to follow triage, musculoskeletal trauma assessment, and the diagnostic–therapeutic process.

Assessment methods

The final exam consists of a written or oral exam in which the student will be asked to discuss a topic taken from the program. As part of the test, questions will also be asked to verify the degree of deepening of the knowledge of the proposed topic and of the other topics of the program, the critical ability to link different knowledge together and the achievement of an organic understanding of the topics covered in class.
The exam will be considered passed if the student will demonstrate sufficient knowledge in each topic.

The achievement by the student of an organic vision of the topics covered in class, together with their critical use, the ability to make connections, the demonstration of possession of an expressive mastery and specific language will be evaluated with marks of excellence. The final mark of the Integrated Course, of which this teaching is a part, is the result of the weighted average between the individual modules. The attribution of honors is a discretionary faculty of the Commission.

The exam in its entire components or modules must be taken within the same session. This means that all modules of the integrated course must be taken in the same month. If it is not done in this way, the student will have to take all the modules of the integrated course again.

Definition of the final grade:

Preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;
Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and autonomous analysis skills only on purely executive issues, expression in correct language → 20-24;
Knowledge of a large number of topics addressed in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;
Substantially exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis and connections, full mastery of the specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30L.

Teaching tools

Lecture slides

Office hours

See the website of Alberto Grassi

See the website of Matteo Romagnoli