Learning objectives
- To be knowledgeable and competent about common metabolic diseases
- To be knowdgeable and competent with regard to approriate prescritotion of therapeutic lifestyle changes for prevention/treatment of common metabolic diseases
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Etiology, pathophysiology, clinical picture, diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic lifestyle change centered prevention/treatment of common metabolic diseases:
- Diabetes mellitus
- Dyslipidemias
- Hyperuricemia
Full programme
0.Thermodynamics and the biologic systems
1. Diabetes mellitus and Pre-diabetes
a. Classification
b. Etiology
c. Epidemiology
d. Pathophysiology
e. Clinical presentation
f. Diagnosis
g. Complications
h. Prognosis
i. Therapeutic lifestyle changes
2. Dyslipidemias
a. Classification
b. Etiology
c. Epidemiology
d. Pathophysiology
e. Clinical presentation
f. Diagnosis
g. Complications
h. Prognosis
i. Therapeutic lifestyle changes
3. Hyperuricaemias
a. Classification
b. Etiology
c. Epidemiology
d. Pathophysiology
e. Clinical presentation
f. Diagnosis
g. Complications
h. Prognosis
4. Therapeutic lifestyle changes
Bibliography
Kumar & Clark’s – Clinical Medicine, 10th Edition
Teaching methods
The course may 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, some of which will be available to students on the Elly platform (https://elly.medicina.unipr.it).
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination or multiple choice question test.
Range of assessment values: 1-30 (30 best)
In case the health emergency or similar situations, 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)
Under exceptional circumstances, multiple choice questionnaire may be used via Teams or Elly.
Range of assessment values: 1-30 (30 best)
Other information
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