Knowledge of the role of Anatomic Pathology in all clinical settings
Knowledge of the procedures and the tools for carrying out a macroscopic examination
Understanding of the principles that are the basis of a cytological and histological diagnosis
Students are expected to work towards meeting the following objectives:
• Knowledge and understanding (Dublin 1): To recognize morphological and functional differences between normal and pathological tissues and to understand, from a structural, morphological and functional perspective, the different types of pathological lesions.
• Applying knowledge and understanding (Dublin 2): Students will be able to interpret data originating from a laboratory of histopathology, to apply principles of diagnostic pathology. Students will be able to recognize the morphological characteristic of different pathological tissue and they will be introduced to the modern concept of personalized therapy
• Making judgments (Dublin 3): Students will be able to integrate pathological findings with clinical manifestations of diseases and to understand the mechanisms underlying signs and symptoms of diseases.
• Communication skills (Dublin 4): To become familiar with essential terminology related to human diseases and to the concepts of disease etiology, pathogenesis, morphological characteristics
• Learning skills (Dublin 5): Students will learn the morphological and functional alterations that pathogens and aberrant stimuli can induce in molecules, cells and tissues and their consequences for the entire organism as well as the basic defensive mechanisms in response to them.
The course is divided into two semesters that provide students with specific knowledge and understanding, as detailed below.
• Knowledge of the role of Anatomic Pathology in clinical settings related to organ disease.
• Knowledge of the procedures and the tools for carrying out a macroscopic examination in the above- mentioned clinical settings.
• Knowledge of the pre-analytical and analytical procedure for processing the material in the above- mentioned clinical settings
• Understanding of the principles on which the histological and cytological diagnosis is based in the above-mentioned clinical settings.