MedInTO Medicine and Surgery

ADE - DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Diagnostics and treatment of rheumatic diseases

Academic year 2022/2023

Sommario del corso

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

Course objectives

The objectives of the ADE "Diagnostic and Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases (RMDs) are to educate students about the diagnosis and the most update management of RMDs. After a brief introduction on RMDs' pathogenetic and clinical aspects, international guidelines and recommendations on the diagnosis, classification criteria and treatment of RMDs will be discussed. Interactive cinical cases and videos will be presented.

Results of learning outcomes

Diagnose rheumatic diseases and treat patients with these diseases according to the most up-to-date international recommendations.

Course delivery

Presentations, videos, interactive clinical cases.

In 2020/21 the course will be delivered virtually on Webex platform.

Learning assessment methods

Discussion of interactive clinical cases with problem solutions.

Support activities

Multimedial material, videos.

Program

- Definition of RMDs

- Pathogenesis, Clinical aspects, Diagnosis, Classification Criteria, Management of: rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis,  osteoarthritis, crystal-related arthropathies, polymyalgia rheumatica, fibromialgia, connective tissue diseases

- Discussion of interactive clinical cases

- Mechanisms of actions and indications of NSAIDs, COXIB, glucorticoids, biotecnological drugs in RMDs

- Management International Recommendations

- Education material

- Videos

- Scientific articles

- EULAR Online Course on Rheumatic Diseases

- EULAR Textbook on Rheumatic Diseases

Class schedule

Note

Maximum number of students: 30

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