20676 - Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases (B)

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5904)

Learning outcomes

After attending the skin diseases course, the student will have an overview of cutaneous inflammatory dermatoses, skin infections and allergic reactions to drugs.

Course contents

  • Cutaneous infections (bacteria, viruses, fungi, skin infestations)
  • Inflammatory allergic and immune-mediated dermatoses (psoriasis, allergic contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis)
  • Drug reactions
  • Connective tissue disorders and blistering autoimmune disorders

Readings/Bibliography

MANUALE DI DERMATOLOGIA MEDICA E CHIRURGICA

Tullio Cainelli, Alberto Giannetti, Alfredo Rebora

Editore: McGraw-Hill

Teaching methods

Questions and answers

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

Powerpoint slides on Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Michelangelo La Placa