Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine 3 (Clerkship)

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

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES: at the end of the clerkship, students should have learned: - how to perform a clinical examination of the abdomen (inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation) - how to research rebound tenderness (Blumberg's sign) - how to research Murphy's sign - the semeiology of ascites - how to research signs of cirrhosis Furthermore, they should have observed: - how to perform upper and lower gastro-intestinal endoscopy - how to perform an abdominal ultrasound
ENDOCRINOLOGICAL DISEASES: at the end of the clerkship, students should have learned: - how to perform a clinical examination of the neck: inspection, thyroid palpation - how to perform the examination of arterial pulses - how to measure blood pressure - how to determine blood glucose (glucometer, Homa index, ) - how to perform a physical examination of obese patients (waist circumference, determination of subcutaneous fat, ) - how to examine patients with short stature (determination of target height, growth charts, ) - how to detect hypocalcemia (Chovostek and Trousseau signs) - how to interpret key radiological examinations (thyroid US & scintiscan, pituitary MRI, ) - how to investigate sexual development (eg Tanner stage, measurement of hirsutism, hypomasculinization) DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASE: At the end of the practical activities, students should be able to: - perform a dermatological examination - perform a dermoscopy - perform a histological session - recognize the main features of immunodermatological, pediatric dermatological and sexually transmitted diseases