Medicine and surgery | University of Parma

Professor: - Ovidio BUSSOLATI
Academic discipline: Patologia generale (MED/04)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

7 hours
of face-to-face activities

1 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable unavailable

exam calls

Integrated course unit module: GENERAL AND SPECIALIST PEDIATRICS (ANNUAL) (PETSE)

Learning objectives

The student will comprehend the physiopathological bases of inherited
metabolic disorders and apply them to the diagnosis and
treatment of the most common inborn conditions.

Prerequisites

Understanding these subjects will require adequate bases of biochemistry,
general pathology and clinical pathology.

Course unit content

Introduction to inborn error of metabolism. Disorders of amino acid metabolism. Disorders of carbohydrate
metabolism. Defects of fatty acid oxydation. Disorders of membrane transport.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Argomenti di Pediatria (M.Vanelli, ed.), Parma 2013 (pp. 197-226). Other
reference material and bibliography/sitography will be provided during
the lessons.

Teaching methods

Lessons will be on site in compliance with safety standards, provided that further instructions on the ongoing health emergency are not implemented.
Lectures will be interactive and will be carried on through a dialogue between the teacher and the students. Examples of true-life situations and clinical cases will be also provided so as to raise the interest of the students.
Supporting didactic material will be available on the specific, student-reserved platform (Elly) and will include slide presentations, audio-video aids or video-recording of the lessons.
Slide consultation will be necessary but NOT sufficient for students preparation.

Assessment methods and criteria

The fulfillment of didactic objectives will be verified at the level of the whole Course in
Pediatrics through an oral examination that will concern also subjects
treated in this Course.

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