Bed Side Approach and Clinical Methodology

The course will provide the theoretical and practical basis for a comprehensive clinical bedside approach to patients by integrating the internal medicine and general surgery modules with a psychological one, focused on the acquisition of practical as well as methodological skills.

At the end of the practical activities, students should be able to:
Students will learn:
the processes of clinical reasoning,
to identify problems and making diagnostic hypothesis
theoretical basis of information processing and communication, with particular attention to cognitive models
basic notion on psychological and behavioural signs and symptoms.