Improve knowledge of Italian medical words and the ability to maintain a dialogue in italian with Italian colleagues or patients; be able to read and understand a hospital discharge letter or a medical report in Italian, write a short draft of a hospital discharge letter , carry out a general physical examination. At the end of the course the student will be able to read and understand a hospital discharge letter or a reference written in Italian; will be able to speak reasonably fluently in Italian with colleagues or patients, will be able to draft a discharge letter starting from one of the clinical cases treated during the course
Course Prerequisites
Having followed the first year course 511341 - APPROACH TO THE ITALIAN PATIENT 1 (HOW TO APPROACH AN ITALIAN PATIENT 1) is a useful but not mandatory requirement - It is essential that the student wants to get involved and actively participate in the lessons
Teaching Methods
The tutor will follow groups of 5-6 students, teach them how to read a medical record in Italian, how to carry out a medical history and a physical examination on a patient who speaks Italian. There will be simulated cases with two tutors who will act as the doctor and the patient respectively. There will be multiple choice quizzes with Italian idioms and simple clinical cases to solve
Assessment Methods
At the end of the course, learning will be verified through a test which involves: filling in a short hospital discharge letter in Italian or a medical consultation on a simulated clinical case presented during the course, or a short clinical case in Italian followed by tests with multiple choice questions
Texts
Giorgio Sestie Manuale di semeiotica medica: Il metodo clinico passo dopo passo
Contents
Students will be assigned to a tutor with whom they will learn to read a medical record in Italian, to collect the clinical history of Italian patients, to carry out an objective examination and to use the most common words used by a doctor working in Italy. If they have participated in the first year course, they will increase their ability to interpret medical records, hospital discharge letters, radiological test reports written in Italian and above all to talk with both colleagues and patients.
