84473 - Head and Neck Pathology

Learning outcomes

Recognize the morphologic and molecular features of head and neck diseases, and correlate them with their clinical presentation.

Course contents

The course will focus on the pathological aspects of Head and Neck diseases.

An introduction to the basic anatomic features of the Head and Neck district  will be followed by a discussion of the most common head and Neck disorders, including:

- Oral potentially malignant disorders & oral epithelial dysplasia

- Tumours of the oral cavity and mobile tongue, of the oropharynx (base of tongue)

- Tumours of the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx

- Tumours of salivary glands

-Odontogenic and non-odontogenic developmental cysts and Odontogenic and maxillofacial bone tumours

-Principal diseases and tumours of the ear

-Principal diseases and tumours of the eyes. 

Readings/Bibliography

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 10th Edition Authors : Vinay Kumar & Abul K. Abbas & Jon C. Aster

WHO: Tumours of the head and Neck, 4th ed. 

Teaching methods

Being an integrated course, the exam includes a test for each of the 7 modules: all the tests must be carried out and passed in the same appeal; the insufficiency of a single test leads to the repetition of the entire exam in one of the subsequent appeals.  

In the written test (70 minutes), to establish the final mark, since each of the 7 modules has 1 CFU, the sum of the individual votes will be made and the mark will be defined in thirtieths with a mathematical equation. Praise will be given if all 7 individual tests are error-free.

In case of an oral examination, the student will be submitted a question for each module and every teacher will give a mark in thirtieths that added to the others will determine the final result by means of an arithmetic average.

If the connection during the remote test will be interrupted for reasons not dependent on the teachers, the test cannot be recovered and the exam will be considered entirely failed.

The student will receive the mark on Alma Esami; it will be reported by e-mail and the student can possibly refuse the vote within 48 hours by communicating it by email to Prof. Ferri; otherwise it will be tacitly accepted and will then be recorded.

The test of Otorhinolaryngology will consist of ten multiple choice questions. Sufficiency is achieved with at least 6 exact answers

 

Oral examination. Each student is examined by at least two different teachers. As a rule, no fewer than three questions are asked by two different teachers. To pass the exam, the student must provide adequate answers to all the questions. The final grade is based on the overall collegial assessment by the teachers of the student's ability to know, understand, and expose the specific subjects under examination in a concise and complete manner.

Final grades will be assigned according to the following criteria:

-Outstanding 30/30L: full preparation, consolidated and without inaccuracies on the topics covered in the integrated course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently different topics. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language with some original elaboration by the student.

-Excellent 29-30/30: full preparation, consolidated and without significant inaccuracies on the topics covered in the course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language.

-Very good 27-28/30: preparation of very good level, but with significant inaccuracies compromising the achievement of full marks. Ability to analyze and link independently. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.

-Good 23-26/30: preparation of good level, but with important inaccuracies in the presentation. Ability to analyze and link after input from the teacher. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.

-Sufficient 18-22/30: knowledge limited to the basic concepts without serious gaps, only after input from the teacher. Exposition of concepts and language acceptable as a whole.

-Insufficient <18/30: lack of preparation. Serious and repeated conceptual errors.

Assessment methods

Blended Synchronous Learning - Lectures with Power Point Presentations

Teaching tools

pdf files of the power point presentations distributed through the platform virtuale.unibo.it

Office hours

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