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Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
prerequisites required by the core curriculum of CdS
Objectives
Contents Concept of health, homeostasis, disease and pathogenesis.
Cellular adaptation
Inflammation.
Immunology and Immunopathology
Oncology
Extended Syllabus -General etiology: concept of disease, etiology and pathogenesis. The causes of diseases such as alterations of organs and tissues. Intrinsic and extrinsic causes of disease. Environmental pathology: pathology caused by physical agents (heat, radiation), chemicals (acids and bases) and biological (pathogens) of the oral cavity.
- Cellular responses to microenvironment change: cellular adaptation
-Inflammation: acute inflammation; chronic inflammation; Granulomas, systemic phenomena of inflammation, fever.
-Healing of tissue lesions: regeneration and repair.
- Immunology and immunopathology of the oral cavity: the organization of the immune system. Natural and acquired immunity: mechanisms of humoral and cellular immunity (antibodies, antigens of the major histocompatibility complex, complement).
Immunopathological reactions: hypersensitivity and autoimmunity
-Oncology: Characteristics of benign and malignant tumor. Definition of oncogenes, and oncosuppressor genes. Tumor growth biology: growth and differentiation, angiogenesis, progression, invasive growth and metastasis.
Chemical carcinogenesis: carcinogens and their cellular interaction, phases of carcinogenesis.
Recommended Bibliography Pontieri G.M.: Patologia e Fisiopatologia generale. Edizione Piccin-Piccin Nuova Libraria
Teaching Methods Knowledge will be acquired through lessons. The slides of the lessons are made available to the student. The learning of some issues can also be implemented by consulting texts provided by the teacher
Discussion in the classroom solicited by the teacher aimed at understanding the topics dealt with and the management of doubts and perplexities on the information acquired.
Teacher-student interaction: by appointment via email
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The learning evaluation will be done by oral examination. It consists of an interview with the teacher. The topics of the interview will be listed in the Extended Syllabus Program. The interview is aimed at evaluating the student in the knowledge of the main concepts represented in the objectives of the course; in the ability to use appropriate medical and scientific terminology; in the ability of critical synthesis of the topics also by the deepening in the recommended texts.
At the end of the test, the teacher will formulate an opinion expressed in voting ranges and in marks out of thirty. The recording of the tests takes place through an electronic procedure in accordance with the methods indicated in Article 29 of the Administrative Careers Regulation.
Rated 30 - 30 cum laude: Excellent knowledge and understanding of the topics, reasoning skills and logical integration of the acquired knowledge, strong aptitude to make connections between different topics; excellent synthesis skills e. The student, who has achieved this evaluation, demonstrates autonomy of judgment, high communication skills and autonomous learning skills, will be offered praise.
Rating 27 - 29: Good knowledge and understanding of the topics with marginal and not serious gaps. Good ability to integrate logic and judgment. Mastery of scientific language;
Rating 23 - 26: Fair knowledge and understanding of the topics moderated in depth and, some gaps, in the ability to integrate and apply knowledge. significant mastery of scientific language
Rating 20 - 22: Knowledge and understanding of the fully sufficient arguments, little in-depth analysis, obvious gaps, which are reflected in a reduced capacity for integration, logic and application. Acceptable mastery of scientific language
Rating 18 - 19: Knowledge and understanding of the superficial arguments and with serious and obvious gaps. Sufficient knowledge to sustain a coherent dialogue but with poor integrative and applicative skills, but which also allow the passing of the exam.
Contacts/More Information the partecipation to the lessons and the acquisition of the frequency signature is mandatory for the final exam, in compliance with the prerequisites.
The teachers are available for clarification to the students, from monday to friday 10.00 - 13.00
Nuovo Polo Didattico, Palazzina C, III livello.
Dip.to di Scienze Mediche, Orali e Biotecnologiche, sez. di Immunodiagnostica tel. 0871.3554029
E-mail: mreale@unich.it ,
for appointment.