DISEASES OF THE BLOOD (B)
cod. 1002440

Academic year 2020/21
4° year of course - First semester
Professors
Academic discipline
Malattie del sangue (MED/15)
Field
Clinica delle specialità medico-chirurgiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
20 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: BLOOD

Learning objectives

The student should possess basic notions on the pathophysiology of the hematopoietic system and hematological disease.
The epidemiology and the clinic of hematological disease should be known.
The knowledge of conventional and innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies is also required. Moreover, the student should achieve the principles of stem cell therapy to treat hemato-oncologic diseases.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Knowledge on hematopoietic pathophysiology and on the major hemathologic neoplastic and benign diseases

Full programme

Pathophysiology of the hematopoietic system
Stem cells and bone marrow transplantation

The student should acquire the knowledge on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and clinical aspects of following conditions:
Anemias, thrombocytopenias, neutropenia;
Myelodysplastic syndromes;
Acute Leukemias;
Myeloproliferative diseases;
Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma,
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Monoclonal gammopathies, Multiple Myeloma, Amiloidosis AL
Bone marrow transplantation.

Bibliography

1.Ematologia per Medicina, Scienze Biologiche, Biotecnologie Mediche di N. Giuliani e A. Olivieri; Edizioni Idelson Gnocchi
2. Corso di malattie del sangue, e degli organi emopoietici. Tura e Baccarani; Esculapio ed 2015, sesta edizione.

Teaching methods

The course will be held through lectures to Students either in the classroom (“in presenza”) or in synchronous-streaming (“in telepresenza”) on the Teams platform. Therefore, the opportunity of Student/Teacher interaction will be preserved both face to face and remotely, by the simultaneous use of the Teams platform.
Lectures will be supported by slide presentations, which will be available to students on the Elly platform (https://elly2020.medicina.unipr.it/).

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment of the achievement of the objectives provides an oral examination. Will be determined whether the student has achieved the knowledge and understanding of the content.

Oral examination.
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
remote oral questions, through the Teams platform (guide http://selma.unipr.it/).
Students with SLD / BSE must first contact Le Eli-che: support for students with disabilities, D.S.A., B.E.S. (https://sea.unipr.it/it/servizi/le-eli-che-supporto-studenti-con-disabilita-dsa-bes)

Other information

All the slides presented during the formal lesson will be available.

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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