System diseases 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, )
- 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, )