System Diseases 1 (clerkship)

Practical activities will be used, through simulation or in the ward, to consolidate technical and soft knowledge and skills developed during frontal lectures.

At the end of the practical activities, students should be able to:
- perform a clinical examination of the thorax: inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
- perform a clinical examination of the precordial region: palpation, auscultation
- examine the arterial pulses
- measure blood pressure
- perform a clinical examination of the abdomen: inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation (liver, spleen)
At the end of the Cardiovascular clerkship, students should be able to:
- perform an ECG recording
- describe ECG recordings: depicit pathological signs
At the end of the Nephrology clerkship, students should be able to:
- describe and analyse blood gas analysis
- describe and analyse urinary sediment
- describe how to perform a renal ultrasound assessment
- describe how the different radiologic examination are obtained
- use the imaging based diagnostic thinking which will guide successful therapeutic interventions