| Pharmacology and neuropsychiatric sciences
(objectives)
After completing the course, students should be able to:
understand and describe the basic principles of pharmacology, in particular notions
of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the experimental phases for the
development of new drugs. Students will also know the main pharmacological
strategies used for anticancer and antibacterial therapies, for the treatment of
inflammation, pain, cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological diseases
describe the mechanisms of damage subtending the most common diseases
affecting the central and the peripheral nervous system and their clinical and
instrumental diagnostic process. Particular attention must be paid to the description
of the neurobiological mechanisms favoring the recovery from acute and chronic
neuronal damage as well as the mechanisms that support plasticity, including
functional properties of circuitries.
understand the pathophysiological mechanisms that led to the "neurological deficit",
knowing how to trace its origin and how to define its anatomical-clinical features
knowing the fundamentals of general psychopathology.
knowing the basic mechanisms of physiopathology, clinic and treatment of the main
psychiatric pathologies. Information on the psychiatric organization care will be
provided, as well as mentions of pharmacotherapy.
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Code
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90310 |
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Language
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ENG |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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| Module: Neurology
(objectives)
Pharmacology
After completing the course, students should be able to understand and describe the basic principles of pharmacology, in particular notions of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the study phases for the development of new drugs.
Students should also know the main pharmacological strategies used for anticancer and antibacterial therapies, for the treatment of inflammation, pain, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
Neurology
Essential learning objectives of this course are the ability to describe the damage and the ethiopatogenetic mechanisms subtending the most common diseases affecting the central and the peripheral nervous system and their clinical and instrumental diagnostic process. The course will also aim at providing knowledge to discern the neurobiological mechanisms favouring the recovery from acute and chronic neuronal damage as well as the mechanisms that support plasticity, including functional properties of circuitries.
The course will achieve its objectives through lectures and interactive learning activities with the aim of improving students ability to understand and solve the main issues emerging in everyday clinical practice.
Neurosurgery
The fundamental and indispensable objectives are:
- Acquisition of scientific and medico-clinical knowledge necessary to identify, define frame and possibly classify the neurosurgical pathologies most commonly encountered in daily clinical practice;
- Understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to the "neurological deficit"; being able to trace its origin, define its anatomic-clinical features and be able to refer and/or follow up the affected patient.
Psychiatry
The course is aimed at providing the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic and the treatment of the main psychiatric disorders.
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Language
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ENG |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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MED/26
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Piccininni Chiara
(syllabus)
Syllabus Neurology
• Principles of neuroanatomy of the central and peripheral nervous system
• Principles of neurophysiopathology: synaptic plasticity and neurobiology of
rehabilitation - pathophysiological mechanisms of spasticity and rigidity
• Cognitive functions and main disorders of higher cortical functions
• Approach to the neurological patient: anamnesis, neurologic examination and clinical
semiotics of the main neurological syndromes
• Imaging (MRI, CT scan) and electrophysiologic techniques (evoked potentials,
electromyo-grography, electroneurography, electroencephalography) for neurologic
diagnosis
• Disorders of Consciousness and severe acquired brain injury
Cerebrovascular diseases : ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke
• Multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory demyelinating diseases
• Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
• Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
• Infections of the nervous system (viral, bacterial and prionic)
• Epilepsy
• Motoneurons disease
• Genetic and acquired diseases of the peripheral nerves
• Myasthenia gravis and other diseases of the neuromuscular junction
• Myopathies
(reference books)
• Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology 11th ed. McGraw-Hill Medical
• Fuller G. Neurological Examination Made Easy Ed. Churchill Livingstone
• www.pubmed.com
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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| Module: Neurosurgery
(objectives)
Pharmacology
After completing the course, students should be able to understand and describe the basic principles of pharmacology, in particular notions of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the study phases for the development of new drugs.
Students should also know the main pharmacological strategies used for anticancer and antibacterial therapies, for the treatment of inflammation, pain, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
Neurology
Essential learning objectives of this course are the ability to describe the damage and the ethiopatogenetic mechanisms subtending the most common diseases affecting the central and the peripheral nervous system and their clinical and instrumental diagnostic process. The course will also aim at providing knowledge to discern the neurobiological mechanisms favouring the recovery from acute and chronic neuronal damage as well as the mechanisms that support plasticity, including functional properties of circuitries.
The course will achieve its objectives through lectures and interactive learning activities with the aim of improving students ability to understand and solve the main issues emerging in everyday clinical practice.
Neurosurgery
The fundamental and indispensable objectives are:
- Acquisition of scientific and medico-clinical knowledge necessary to identify, define frame and possibly classify the neurosurgical pathologies most commonly encountered in daily clinical practice;
- Understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to the "neurological deficit"; being able to trace its origin, define its anatomic-clinical features and be able to refer and/or follow up the affected patient.
Psychiatry
The course is aimed at providing the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic and the treatment of the main psychiatric disorders.
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Language
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ENG |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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MED/27
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Tomasi Santino Ottavio
(syllabus)
Syllabus Neurosurgery
Principles of Neuro-anatomy and Physiology: the Cranio-Cerebral System.
• Topographic Anatomy of the skull and skullbase; functional Anatomy of the brain and
brainstem; functional networks of the central nervous system. Anatomy and physiology
of the cranial nerves. Anatomy and physiology of the cerebral blood vessels. Anatomy
and physiology of the ventriculo-cisternal system.
Pathophysiology of Intracranial Pressure (ICP).
• Homeostasis of intracranial volumes. Definition of ICP. The Pressure-volume relationship.
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure. Cerebral Blood Flow. Cerebral Edema. Syndrome of
elevated ICP.
Cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) related pathologies.
• CSF: Intrinsic proprieties, production and reabsorption. CSF dynamics. Hydrocephalus:
classification and pathophysiology. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Syringomyelia.
Pseudotumor Cerebri.
Brain Tumors.
• Principles of Neuro-oncology. W.H.O. Classification. Gliomas. Meningiomas. Tumor of the
sellar region. Other primitive cerebral tumors. Secondary tumors (metastasis0.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
• Biomechanical aspects. State of consciousness alteration. Post-traumatic intracranial
bleedings. Traumatic fracture of the skull and skullbase fractures. Diffuse axonal injury.
Brain Concussion. Outcomes following TBI.
Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhages.
• Hemorrhagic Strokes. Subarachnoid hemorrhage. Intracranial aneurysms. Artero-venous
malformations. Intracerebral hematomas (epidural, subdural, intraparenchymal).
Related Outcomes.
Principles of Neuro-anatomy and Physiology: the vertebro-medullary system.
• General anatomy of the spine. The cranio-vertebral junction. Anatomy and functional
organization of the spinal cord. Spinal nerves and spinal roots. Topographic anatomy of
the cervical, dorsal and lumbo-sacral spine and the related spinal cord segments.
Traumatic Spinal Injury (TSI).
• Biomechanical aspects. Principles of vertebral fractures classification. Post-traumatic
spinal cord syndromes. The A.S.I.A. system. Outcome following TSI.
Spinal Tumors.
• Classification and general aspects. Primary and secondary tumors. Spinal cord
compression syndromes. Prognosis of spinal tumors.
Spinal degenerative disease.
• Low back pain. Radiculopathy. Myelopathy. Disks degeneration and related pathology.
Spinal stenosis. The concept of spinal instability. Spondylosis and spondylolisthesis.
(reference books)
During each lesson the teacher will support the student with an abundant source of
references, indicating the most important and recent literature to read. Fundamental Book
Chapters will be also provided, directly by the teacher. All teaching materials will be
provided to students and will be accessible on the university portal.
Recommended texts:
Greenberg’s Handbook of Neurosurgery, by Mark Greenberg - Thieme
Diagnostic and Surgical Imaging Anatomy: Brain, Head & Neck, Spine, by Harnsberger,
Osborn, MacDonald, Ross – Amirsys
Diagnostic Neuroradiology, by Anne G. Osborn - Mosby
Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography, by Anne G. Osborn – Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Neurosurgery Knowledge Update, by Harbaugh, Shaffrey, Couldwell, Berger -Thieme
Neurosurgery fundamentals. Ed. Nitin Agarwal - New York: Thieme
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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| Module: Pharmacology
(objectives)
Pharmacology
After completing the course, students should be able to understand and describe the basic principles of pharmacology, in particular notions of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the study phases for the development of new drugs.
Students should also know the main pharmacological strategies used for anticancer and antibacterial therapies, for the treatment of inflammation, pain, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
Neurology
Essential learning objectives of this course are the ability to describe the damage and the ethiopatogenetic mechanisms subtending the most common diseases affecting the central and the peripheral nervous system and their clinical and instrumental diagnostic process. The course will also aim at providing knowledge to discern the neurobiological mechanisms favouring the recovery from acute and chronic neuronal damage as well as the mechanisms that support plasticity, including functional properties of circuitries.
The course will achieve its objectives through lectures and interactive learning activities with the aim of improving students ability to understand and solve the main issues emerging in everyday clinical practice.
Neurosurgery
The fundamental and indispensable objectives are:
- Acquisition of scientific and medico-clinical knowledge necessary to identify, define frame and possibly classify the neurosurgical pathologies most commonly encountered in daily clinical practice;
- Understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to the "neurological deficit"; being able to trace its origin, define its anatomic-clinical features and be able to refer and/or follow up the affected patient.
Psychiatry
The course is aimed at providing the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic and the treatment of the main psychiatric disorders.
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Language
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ENG |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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BIO/14
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Del Re Marzia
(syllabus)
Syllabus Pharmachology
• General principles of pharmacology.
• Development of new drugs and study phases. Clinical trial of drugs.
• Pharmacodynamics: mechanism of action of agonist and antagonist drugs,
receptors and signaling pathways
• Pharmacokinetics: factors influencing it, drug elimination and biotransformation.
• Pharmacogenetics
• Principles of drug-drug interactions in patients treated with multiple drugs
• Treatment of pain and inflammation: glucocorticoids, NSAIDs, opioid analgesics.
• Pharmacology of neurodegenerative diseases
• Antibacterial chemotherapy.
• Pharmacology of anti-psychotic diseases
(reference books)
Bertram G. Katzung. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 16th edition, 2024. - Slides fornite dal docente. - Bertram G. Katzung. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 16th edition, 2024. - Slide sets provided by the teacher.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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| Module: Psychiatry
(objectives)
Pharmacology
After completing the course, students should be able to understand and describe the basic principles of pharmacology, in particular notions of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the study phases for the development of new drugs.
Students should also know the main pharmacological strategies used for anticancer and antibacterial therapies, for the treatment of inflammation, pain, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
Neurology
Essential learning objectives of this course are the ability to describe the damage and the ethiopatogenetic mechanisms subtending the most common diseases affecting the central and the peripheral nervous system and their clinical and instrumental diagnostic process. The course will also aim at providing knowledge to discern the neurobiological mechanisms favouring the recovery from acute and chronic neuronal damage as well as the mechanisms that support plasticity, including functional properties of circuitries.
The course will achieve its objectives through lectures and interactive learning activities with the aim of improving students ability to understand and solve the main issues emerging in everyday clinical practice.
Neurosurgery
The fundamental and indispensable objectives are:
- Acquisition of scientific and medico-clinical knowledge necessary to identify, define frame and possibly classify the neurosurgical pathologies most commonly encountered in daily clinical practice;
- Understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to the "neurological deficit"; being able to trace its origin, define its anatomic-clinical features and be able to refer and/or follow up the affected patient.
Psychiatry
The course is aimed at providing the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic and the treatment of the main psychiatric disorders.
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Language
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ENG |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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1
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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MED/25
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Contact Hours
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10
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Maremmani Angelo Giovanni Icro
(syllabus)
Syllabus Psychiatry
General psychopathology: general functions and specific functions. The Concept of
Craving
• Mental Status Examination
• Organization of Psychiatric Care in Italy
• Introduction to Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy: Antidepressant Drugs, Sedatives,
Antipsychotics, Mood Stabilizers, Notions of Cognitive-Behavioral and Brief Interpersonal
Psychotherapy
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, ADHD,
Cyclothymia (Emotional Dysregulation)
• Affective Temperance and Personality Disorders
• Mood Disorders: Critical Phases of Hypomania, Mania, Depression, Mixed States, and
Longitudinal Course of Bipolar and Unipolar Type
• Psychosis and Schizophrenia: Paranoia, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorders
• Anxiety Disorder: Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social
Phobia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Mind-Body Disorders: somatization, conversion disorder, dissociative disorder, factitious
disorder
• Syndromes characterized by prevalent or overvalued ideas: hypochondria,
dysmorphophobia, hoarding syndrome
• Substance use disorders: knowledge of the basic principles of drug addiction medicine
and predictors of substance use and the drug addiction process. Mention on substance use
disorders (sedatives, stimulants, neurodysleptics) and non-substance addictions (gambling).
The concept of dual diagnosis.
• Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, obesity.
(reference books)
A Short Textbook of Psychiatry: 20th Year Edition by Niraj Ahuja, Jaypee Brothers
Medical Pub
Addiction 2e (Oxford Psychiatry Library): Addiction by David J. Nutt, Nestor. Oxford
University Press, 2018. ISBN-13 978-0198797746
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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