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Hematology, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology - Module of Dermatological and Venerological Diseases

Hematology, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology - Module of Dermatological and Venerological Diseases

Academic year 2020/2021

Sommario del corso

• Course objectives
• Results of learning outcomes
• Course delivery
• Learning assessment methods
• Program
• Suggested textbooks and readings
• Teaching tools

Course objectives

Provide the student with the methodological basis for approaching the patient with skin lesions and the basic principles for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the main skin diseases (clinical methodology, histology, dermoscopy)
    Introduce the student to the main skin diseases (from microorganisms, inflammatory / immune-mediated, oncological)
    Provide information on the principles of therapy for the most frequent skin diseases and news in the therapeutic field

Results of learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student must:

    be able to know the methodology for diagnosing skin diseases and orienting oneself in the field of differential diagnostics
    Know the main skin diseases
    Know the main therapeutic options for the most frequent skin diseases

Course delivery

ON line through webex platform at the adress:

https://unito.webex.com/meet/pietro.quaglino

Learning assessment methods

oral examination with description of a clinical picture and discussion of diagnostic and therapeutich approaches

Program

Elementary lesions and methodology for a correct diagnosis

Skin diseases induced by micro-organisms: parasitosis, virosis, mycosis, bacterioss, sexually-transmitted diseases

Acnes, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis

Inflammatory/immune-mediated dermatoses: psoriasis, eczema, lichen, pemphigus and pemphigoides, adverse drug reactions, urticaria and vasculitis, autoimmune connective tissue diseases

Onco-dermatology: nevi and melanoma, non melanoma skin cancers, other skin neoplasms, cutaneous lymphomas

Dermo-surgery and biopsies

Dermoscopy

Pubmed resources and dermatological web sites

• Teaching materials
• Exams and finals
• Go to Moodle
• Visit the forums