The teaching activity aims to provide students with the basic tools to understand the activity carried out in a Pathology Service, contextualizing the profession of the Laboratory Technician with an understanding of the elementary morphological pictures that characterize the main diseases. At the end of the course the student will be able to: -describe the basic macroscopic and microscopic features of the main diseases - to carry out elementary clinicopathological correlations -explain the meaning of the applications of the different techniques in the context of individual diseases
Course Prerequisites
The student, to access the course, must have knowledge and skills acquired in previous teachings, concerning human anatomy, physiology, general pathology, immunology, microbiology.
Teaching Methods
The teaching is proposed through lectures conducted by the teacher with the use of support materials (slides, example models, documents, bibliographic materials ...). Students are required to systematically proceed with the independent study of the provided material, prepare the activities to be carried out in the classroom (if needed), and actively participate in the proposed discussions. Students are always invited to contact the teacher in case of need for further information or clarification.
Assessment Methods
Final test will consist in an oral interview that will focus on a minimum of three open questions on the topics covered in class. The evaluation will take into consideration: - detail, precision and significance in the theoretical contents acquired - ability to present, argue and synthesize the leaned concepts with an appropriate language - relevance and correctness The personal re-elaboration of the learned contents and the ability to apply them to practical contexts will constitute a criterion of merit
Contents
the teaching activity will focus on the following topics: -General workflow in a Pathology Service - Fundamental terminology in Pathology - Inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, endocrine, male and female genital systems
Course Language
Italian
More information
Prof. Travaglino is available for students. Please contact using institutional e-mail
