Final Exam
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply their knowledge of the patient-centered method in everyday interactions with patients and families
- Merge a solid and updated medical knowledge with a sensitivity to the complex human and social implications of the diseases
- Demonstrate to have both a scientific basis and practical and relational competences required for the medical profession
- Have a sufficient professional, decisional and operational autonomy, in order to successfully attend to the post-graduate education
- Have a basic knowledge of the healthcare systems where they will be working in
- being able to use relational skills in order to honestly communicate with patients and their families, using humanly and professionally the appropriate skills and attitudes
- Orient themselves into the different branches of medicine in order to choose the best prosecution of the professional lie accordingly to their own cultural and personal characteristics
- Apply their knowledge of the patient-centered method in everyday interactions with patients and families
- Merge a solid and updated medical knowledge with a sensitivity to the complex human and social implications of the diseases
- Demonstrate to have both a scientific basis and practical and relational competences required for the medical profession
- Have a sufficient professional, decisional and operational autonomy, in order to successfully attend to the post-graduate education
- Have a basic knowledge of the healthcare systems where they will be working in
- being able to use relational skills in order to honestly communicate with patients and their families, using humanly and professionally the appropriate skills and attitudes
- Orient themselves into the different branches of medicine in order to choose the best prosecution of the professional lie accordingly to their own cultural and personal characteristics
Expected learning outcomes
With the TPV, students will have to demonstrate that they have acquired the knowledge and practical skills included in the operational context of their professional role in order to evaluate the achievement of the skills required by the role of General Practitioner
The thesis will allow to ascertain that the student has achieved the ability to conduct a methodologically rigorous work independently. The aim of the thesis is to engage the student
in design and research work, which contributes to the completion of his professional and scientific training. The
content of the thesis must be related to issues closely related to the professional profile.
The thesis will allow to ascertain that the student has achieved the ability to conduct a methodologically rigorous work independently. The aim of the thesis is to engage the student
in design and research work, which contributes to the completion of his professional and scientific training. The
content of the thesis must be related to issues closely related to the professional profile.
Lesson period: Open sessions
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Course syllabus
All topics covered during the three years of study.
Prerequisites for admission
The student should have all the professional knowledge reached through all the exams scheduled in the plan of studies. In particular, the student may proceed to the final examination with a positive evaluation of all the training theoretical and practical activities and internship for a total of 342 credits
Teaching methods
The final assesed intership (TPV) includes 5 CFU for Internal Medicine, 5 CFU for Surgery and 5 CFU for General Practice. The students should receive a positive evaluation fromthe professional tutor, assessed by his/her signature. Failure in the TPV preclude the admission to the oral presentation of the thesis.
The final exam has the value of State Examination and consists of dissertation of a written paper (thesis).
The final exam has the value of State Examination and consists of dissertation of a written paper (thesis).
Teaching Resources
All the material already indicated to the student during the three years of course. For the written work, the student, under the guidance of the Speaker, will have to independently search for the bibliography related to the topic assigned for the written work.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final examination concerns a discussion of a thesis presented by the student and with the guide of a UNIMI Professor, who is the supervisor; a co-supervisor may be also involved in the thesis.
Three sessions are scheduled for the discussion of the thesis during summer (July), Autumn (October) and Winter (March)
A committee, composed by 11 Professors, discusses the thesis and decides a score: the thesis' score, together with the career's score, will determinate the final degree score. The maximum score attributable to the thesis is 10 points (one hundred and ten is first class honor).
Three sessions are scheduled for the discussion of the thesis during summer (July), Autumn (October) and Winter (March)
A committee, composed by 11 Professors, discusses the thesis and decides a score: the thesis' score, together with the career's score, will determinate the final degree score. The maximum score attributable to the thesis is 10 points (one hundred and ten is first class honor).
- University credits: 18
Individual study and practice: 0 hours