Knowing how to motivate the demand for a specialist urological or uro-andrological consultation Knowing how to perform a rectal exam, palpate the abdomen and testicles, scrotum trans illumination, recognize a bladder globe Knowing how to interpret a complete urine examination, urine culture, semen analysis and seminal culture Know the meaning of a hematuria, bacteriuria and leucocyturia Know the catheters currently used and be able to perform a bladder catheterization Know how to identify the localization of urinary infections (urethra, prostate, epididymis, bladder, excretory system) Know how to explain and define the risk and consequences of sexually transmitted diseases Knowing the details and significance of urodynamic examinations, urethrocystoscopy and other strumental exams in urology Know how to explain to the patient a radiological report Recognize the urological urgencies (acute urinary retention, priapism, testicular torsion, renal colic, urological trauma) Know the symptoms and the basic diagnostics of tumors of the testis, penis, prostate, bladder and kidney Being able to understand and to explain to the patient a histological report Knowing the tumor markers and their diagnostic and prognostic meanings Know how to explain to the patient the sense of an oncological follow-up
At the end of the course, students should be able to : - Perform a clinical examination of a patient with a suspected kidney or urinary tract disease - Know what are the commonest tools supporting clinical examinations and their diagnostic implications - Know for each disease : - What is (definition) - How relevant is (epidemiology) - Why and how it develops (etiology, pathophysiology) - Which are the clinical and instrumental features and how to make a diagnosis - Which is the clinical course (natural history, complications) - What to do and where (therapy, hospital- or home-based) - Possible phases of the disease needing urgent interventions ( how to recognise the emergency, and how to treat it) - In which stages surgery is indicated
Prerequisiti
Be matriculated in the fourth year and next
Verifica Apprendimento
The exam will be Oral
The exam result will contribute to the final grade of the integrated course weighed according to the single course credits (CFU) (It will therefore be registered in esse3 upon completion of the whole module)
Commission: Prof. R. Naspro
Testi
Urology for Medical Students and Junior Doctors by Ricky Ellis ISBN-13 : 979-8643263265 Independently published
Contenuti
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE URINARY AND MALE GENITAL SYSTEM
UROLOGICAL SEMEIOTIC Anamnesis Urinary tract symptoms Urological syndromes (hematuria, leucocyturia, bacteriuria, urinary retention) Sexual Disorders The pain in urology Physical examination Laboratory diagnostics (blood, urine and sediment, seminal fluid, cultures, cytology) Uro-radiological diagnostic Urological biopsies
PATHOLOGY OF MICTURITION Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of micturition Urinary incontinence Neurological Bladder