Bone and joint diseases (clerkship)

The Orthopedics practical sessions bring the student to "real life Orthopaedic surgery"; they will directly participate to different activities in the wards, in the outpatient clinic, in the emergency room but they also will take part to surgical procedures both open and minimally invasive. The rheumatology practical sessions are based on a clinical problem to be discussed.

Students are expected to -approach the different body districts of orthopaedic competence performing a correct physical examination in order to be able to make the correct diagnosis for the different pathology encountered both in the outpatient clinic and in the emergency room. Know the correct management of patients before and after surgery. -know the basic principles and pathways to dissect the upper and lower limbs and to approach bones for the different purposes. -approach rheumatology issues from epidemiology and pathogenesis basis and to describe basic principles of differential diagnosis, management and therapy.