Clinical and Medical Therapy

The course educational target is to develop knowledge about:
· general pathology and pathophysiology in order to analyse causes (etiology) and mechanisms (pathogenesis) responsible for to the establishment of the disease state
· drugs mechanism of action and their effects
· anatomy and physiology of the nervous system as well as the pathological bases of the most frequent neurological diseases

At the end of the course the student must know:
· the action of drugs and their effects
· the specific terminology to dialogue with other health professionals
· elements of general pathology and general pathophysiology
· how to analyse causes (etiology) and mechanisms (pathogenesis) that contribute to the establishment of the disease state
· elements of diagnostic-clinical pathology and laboratory methodology in cytology, cytopathology, immunohematology and genetic pathology
· the laboratory diagnostic approach to the main pathological conditions
· the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system as well as the pathological bases of the most frequent neurological diseases
· manifestations and symptoms of neurological disorder