70994 - Eco-assisted Interventional Procedures in Internal Medicine and Hepato-Oncology

Learning outcomes

Students will become able to recognize a condition of normality or of gross abnormality in various upper abdominal disease, knowing how to approach the use of an ultrasound scanner. They will lear the principles, indications, modality of safe perfomance and expected outcomes of major ultrasound guided interventional procedures.

Course contents

 

Course 2024-2025:

"ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER ULTRASOUND AND ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND LIVER ONCOLOGY"

Prof. Fabio Piscaglia, Prof. Alessandro Granito, Dr. Francesco Tovoli 

 

Course Dates 2025

Wednesday 12 February (h 13-19)

Monday 17 February(h 13-19),

Tuesday 25 February (h 13-19)

 Wednesday 26 February (h 13-19) 

For the detailed program look at the Italian section of this exam

Location

Lectures: Aula Magna Nuove Patologie, Pav 5, S.Orsola Malpighi hospital

 

Attendance to the entire course is mandatory. The pass certificate will be released after passing of the final test and multiple choice quizzes at the end of the course.

 

The programs is part of an integrated course of 3 intermingled teaching modules 

The course will be entirely held in Italian

Please check the italian version for the program

 

Readings/Bibliography

There are several books about ultrasonography.

All powerpoint slides will be uploaded online.

For an entire manual we recommend the book in Italian by C.Serra - C.Felicani, Ecografia in Medicina Interna - Testo-Atlante, Ed. Piccin

An ultrasound book promoted by the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology can be downloaded as single chapters from: https://efsumb.org/efsumb-course-book/)

Or other materiale is found from the same website (https://efsumb.org) choosing the menu Education and Training

Teaching methods

1. Traditional lectures in classes
2. Hands on practical training in small groups on ultrasound scanners with the opportunity to personally attempt to perform and ultrasonography under the supervision of tutors

 

Assessment methods

The assessment will be performed through a multiple choice test at the end of the course.

Teaching tools

Practical hand-on sessions are also planned during which the students will become acquainted with conventional ultrasound expoliting the opportunity to visualize organs in the abdomen and neck personally under the supervision of a tutor.

 

Additional materiale can be found in the website www.efsumb.org including the possibility to purchase textbook for students. 

Office hours

See the website of Fabio Piscaglia