Transcript The Human Medicine Within the PH Module. Prof. Natale

TIMETABLE OF LECTURING IN HUMAN MEDICINE
1st of March (Prof. Natale)
The general basis of human anatomy
The anatomical and physiological correlated in the enteric nervous system
The gut-brain axis as a gateway to environmental, infectious and diet-related agents of disease
with an emphasis on novel environmental casuses of neurodegeneration
7th of March (Prof Ruffoli)
The movement control with general elements of locomotion
The human cerebellum and neural control
The environmental causes of cerebellum-related movement disorders
14th of March (Prof. Fornai)
The anatomy and physiology of motivation and reward in humans
The reward centers in the human brain
Environment-induced alteration in the reward system with an emphasis on drug of abuse
psychostimulants, neurotoxins and drug-induced human behavioral alterations
THE HUMAN MEDICINE WITHIN THE PH MODULE
Introductory statement
This part of the module represent a mini-course aimed to explain the
anatomy, the functional correlates and general disease-mechanisms of
most systems specific of the human body.
The mini-course will emphasize the interrelationships among
locomotor, cardiorespiratory, urinary (o urogenital), endocrine and
nervous systems. A survey on the involvement of these organ systems
in maintaining homeostasis and their vulnerability following exposition
of prototype environmental factors (toxic pollutants, detrimental
factors in animal and vegetal diet ) is included.
Syllabus and learning objectives
The student must learn the human anatomo-physiological uniqueness which
characterize the conditions of health and disease.
Each topic will be integrated giving the main principles (selected according to their
relevance as established by:
Relevance to disease, relevance to produce homeostasis, educational relevance
meant as prototypical explanation to understand the main principles which apply to
most component of the human body)
Teaching modalities
The course is mainly grounded based on lectures in
presence but it will greatly profit from constant interactions
and assessment of understanding of each topic. In addition
Dynamic power points, movies showing actual or simulated
reality of human organs in health and disease will be
offered under constant tutoring. During lectures, an active
participation of each participant will be encouraged aiming
to brainstorm the most challenging issues for public health.
Learning modalities
The student learns by attending lectures and the other activities
mentioned at previous point, by participating in choral
discussions, by answering or questioning specific issues, by inter
student tutoring in the extra time where individual as well as
group study will also carried out based on learning material
provided in advance on a web platform/website or via e-mail.
This latter material will follow up preliminary introducing study
provided before the beginning of the mini-course during the
month before the-mobility stage.
Assessment Achievement
The learning level will be assessed by frequent in itinere
discussion and test and final multiple choice test and/or
oral exam (when necessary). At this stage each student is
required to possess adequate knowledge of the each
topic course in a way which is sufficient to establish the
learning outcome associated to such a mini-course of
basic medicine as follows.
Learning outcomes (and their application to subject specific
competencies in Public health)
At the end of the mini-course of basic medicine belonging to the
module in PH, the student is expected to possess a general
knowledge of main human organ and systems and how they are
engaged in healthy human life.
The student is required to know the general principles which
correlate in a holistic perspective different organs of the human
body to achieve an optimal physiological control.
The student is required to be quite familiar with the most frequent
causes of disease due to abnormal environmental exposure.
This latter outcome is intended in a logical framework where the
nature of the toxic agent is understood on the basis of its
detrimental interaction with the physiology of the human systems.
At this learning stage potential outcome to be explored may
extend to clues on remedies based on the logical reversal of the
pathophysiological chain of event.