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76073 - Pediatrics

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Alessandra Cassio
                    
                        Credits:
                        2
                    
                        SSD:
                        MED/38
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Podiatry (cod. 8479)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has basic knowledge about prinicipali pediatric diseases of podiatric interest

Course contents

Definition of the various pediatric ages. Neonatal age: characteristic events. The normal newborn: classification according to weight and gestational age, appearance, criteria and methods of physical and neurological development. Neonatal Screenings. Neonatal jaundice. Childbirth trauma. The process of prenatal and postnatal formation of the baby's foot. The use of the podoscope. Flatfoot. Congenital clubfoot. Muscular dystrophies. Acute joint rheumatism. Rheumatoid arthritis. Congenital lesions of the neural tube. Congenital dislocation of the hip.

Teaching methods

Lectures with the use of slides

Assessment methods

Questionario di apprendimento a risposte multiple.

Teaching tools

Slides

Office hours

See the website of Alessandra Cassio

SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.