IN12A5A - GENERAL PATHOLOGY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES The teaching of General Pathology contributes to the realization of the educational objective of the Study Programme in Nursing (Article 3 of the REGULATION "acquisition of adequate preparation in basic disciplines, aimed at better understanding the fundamental elements of physiological and pathological phenomena to which it is directed the preventive and curative activity, as well as the maximum capacity for integration with other types of health care professionals ") providing the student with the scientific basis necessary for the identification not only of diseases but also appropriate preventive and therapeutic approaches to health protection individual and community. In particular, the conceptualization of the disease will be emphasized as a deviation of the general laws aimed at maintaining the state of health. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES • Knowledge and understanding At the end of the course the student will be able to knowledge and understanding, to the different levels of complexity (molecules, cells, tissues, organism), the etiopathogenetic factors underlying the structural and functional alterations found in the pathological processes, as well as the damage response mechanisms and the related disorders. • Applying knowledge and understanding The student must also be able to apply the knowledge derived from the course, integrated with those deriving from previous courses, to the understanding of the pathophysiology of the main human pathologies. The student will be able to deal with the clinical problem in a rational way both in the diagnostic-therapeutic approach and in the preventive one. SOFT SKILLS • Making judgments The student will be able to collect and interpret data in an autonomous way. • Communication skills The student will be able to communicate information to interlocutors specialist and not. • Learning skills The student, through the methodological criterion, will be able to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.