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Nephrology, rheumatology and clinical immunology - Module of Proteomics and Genomics

Nephrology, rheumatology and clinical immunology - Module of Proteomics and Genomics

Academic year 2022/2023

• Nephrology, rheumatology and clinical immunology (SCB0220)

Sommario del corso

• Course objectives
• Results of learning outcomes
• Course delivery
• Learning assessment methods
• Program
• Teaching tools

Course objectives

This module will provide a foundation in knowledge and skills necessary for medical students to recognize the most important medical problems and to construct clinical reasoning models in the field of proteomics and genomics.

Results of learning outcomes

emonstrate knowledge, clinical and technical skills and decision-making capabilities pertinent to the management of patients with medical problems in the field of protemics and genomics

Course delivery

Lectures in presence, supported/ supplemented by recorded lectures that the students can access online through the platform Moodle

Learning assessment methods

• Proteomics exam: 20 questions, brief open answers, 30 min time. No penalties for incorrect answers.

Program

• Laboratory assessment of immune-mediated diseases:
  • Principles of EIA and IF techniques;
  • ANA, anti DNA, ENA, ANCA, Ra Test, Anti-CCP, cryoglobulin detection, Antiphospholipid antibody detection.
• Big data analyses.
• Principles of NGS procedures.
• Genomics and phenotypes.
• Proteomic approches to diagnosis and therapy.
• Mosaics in Autoimmunity (Yehuda Shoenfeld lectures).
• Immune-neurological diseases.
• ASIA syndrome and Sylicosis.
• Sclerodermic disorders.

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