Unit ADVANCED CARE PATHWAYS IN CLINICAL AREA 1

Course
Nursing and midwifery sciences
Study-unit Code
50A00031
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Gaetano Vaudo
CFU
8
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2020/21
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

INTERNAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Code 50A00032
CFU 2
Teacher Gaetano Vaudo
Teachers
  • Gaetano Vaudo
  • Giacomo Pucci (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 9 ore - Gaetano Vaudo
  • 9 ore (Codocenza) - Giacomo Pucci
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze biologiche, mediche e chirurgiche
Sector MED/09
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Clinical medicine. Signs and symptoms of diseases. Pain. Fever. Cardiovascular and respiratory pathophysiology. Kidney pathophysiology
Reference texts Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

MEDICINA INTERNA per Scienze Infermieristiche. R. Antonelli Incalzi, Piccin Editore Ed. 2012
Educational objectives The candidate has to demonstrate the achievement of the capacity to handle the needs of internist patients.
Prerequisites Knowledge of the pathophysiological basis of the main internal medicine diseases.
Teaching methods Face-to-face lessons.
Other information For information about students with disability, please visit: http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Learning verification modality Oral examination
Extended program Assistence and organization for the patient with pain, abdominal pain, Headache, alterations in Body Temperature, Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin, alterations in respiratory Functions, dyspnea, edema, cough, hemoptysis, shock, pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, Pulmonary Embolism, Alterations in Renal and Urinary Tract Function - Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities, Acute and Chronic Renal Failure

GERIATRICS INSIGHTS

Code 50A00033
CFU 1
Teacher Virginia Boccardi
Teachers
  • Virginia Boccardi
Hours
  • 9 ore - Virginia Boccardi
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze biologiche, mediche e chirurgiche
Sector MED/09
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSIGHTS

Code 50A00034
CFU 1
Teacher Lisa Malincarne
Teachers
  • Lisa Malincarne
Hours
  • 9 ore - Lisa Malincarne
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze biologiche, mediche e chirurgiche
Sector MED/17
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

ONCOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE INSIGHTS

Code 50A00035
CFU 1
Teacher Giulio Metro
Teachers
  • Giulio Metro
Hours
  • 9 ore - Giulio Metro
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze biologiche, mediche e chirurgiche
Sector MED/06
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Cancer pain; palliative care; clinical research in oncology; immunotherapy in the treatment of solid tumors
Reference texts Teaching material provided by the professor
Educational objectives Provide the student with knowledge on the cancer pain and palliative care; provide the methods to understand the differential management between cancer patients treated in clinical practice and in clinical research; provide an insight on how immunotherapy has changed the clinical scenario of cancer patient
Prerequisites Those required by the study plan
Teaching methods Taught class
Other information Deepening of specific topics upon request
Learning verification modality Write an essay out of four proposed topics
Extended program Cancer pain, definition, types and measurements; treatment of cancer pain with systemic anti-cancer therapies and analgesics; classification of analgesics and their indications; breakthrough cancer pain; global pain and its management with non-pharmacological strategies; palliative care, principles of its legislation; early versus timely palliative care, simultaneous care; refractory symptoms of end-of-life and palliative sedation; ethical principles of management of end-of-life issues; clinical research in oncology, and its phases; clinical protocol, informed consent, figures involved in clinical research; precision medicine and clinical research; immunotherapy as new frontier of the management of solid tumors; management of immune-related adverse events, especially disimmune toxicities; proposed algorithms for approaching disimmune toxicities

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES INSIGHTS

Code 50A00036
CFU 1
Teacher Isabella Tritto
Teachers
  • Isabella Tritto
Hours
  • 9 ore - Isabella Tritto
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze biologiche, mediche e chirurgiche
Sector MED/11
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction italian
Contents Care processes, management, training and research in cardiovascular diseases: heart failure, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiovascular emergencies
Reference texts Study material provided bu the teacher
Educational objectives In accordance with the Teaching Regulations of the Degree Course (as published on the website: http://www.med.unipg.it/ccl/ScInfeOst_PG/Regolamento_Didattico/Regolamento_Magistrale_Sc_Inf_Ost_16_17.pdf), the student must be able, in the field of cardiovascular diseases, as relevant to the specific professional figure, to:
- to identify and critically assess the evolution of care needs, including gender-related issue where applicable;
- to participate in planning of personal assistance needs based on the assessment of the complexity and needs of patients; promote decision-making processes and plan and intervene in complex welfare and organizational issues;
- to plan and implement, in collaboration with other professionals, educational and support interventions for individuals and communities, aimed at self-management and control of risk factors and health problems;
- to identify future skills / competences necessary to guarantee excellence, new reorganizations or new services; design, implement and evaluate the results of training interventions; identify specific problems and areas of research in the clinical, organizational and training fields.
Prerequisites It is necessary that the student has basic pathophysiological, clinical and diagnostic knowledge, as pertaining to the specific professional figure, in the area of Cardiovascular Diseases, Internal Medicine and theoretical-practical training.
Teaching methods Frontal lessons
Other information
Learning verification modality Written exam
Extended program Care processes, management, training and research in cardiovascular care , with particular regard to:- Acute and chronic heart failure- Acute and chronic ischemic heart disease- Arrhythmias: atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmias- Diseases of heart valves, with special regard to aortic and mitral valve disease- Cardiovascular prevention- Cardiovascular emergencies

SPECIALIZED ASSISTANCE IN NURSING I

Code 50A00037
CFU 2
Teacher Marco Zucconi
Teachers
  • Marco Zucconi
Hours
  • 18 ore - Marco Zucconi
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area * scienze infermieristiche
Sector MED/45
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)