Learning Outcomes
After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able:
1. to recognize the diseases affecting the respiratory tract and focus on topics common in every day clinical practice.
2. to make a diagnosis by diagnostic procedures based on new imaging techniques, on immunology, molecular biology and pulmonary functional tests
3. to propose detailed therapeutic strategies of common lung diseases
4. to be familiar with the approach of respiratory patients and apply basic skills and techniques to them
Course Content (Syllabus)
Related to respiratory diseases (COPD, bronchial asthma, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis, occupational lung diseases, respiratory infections, respiratory failure, breathing in sleep, pulmonary circulation disorders)
Respiratory Physiology
clinical semiology
imaging techniques
functional assays
confrontation
Environment and lung
smoking