Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Integrated Course of Dermatology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology aims to address the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic insights of the main diseases related to these three medical branches.

Program Details

• Code: 67377
• Academic Year: 2025/2026
• Credits: 8 cfu anno 3 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA 8745 (LM-41) - GENOVA
• Language: Italian
• Teaching Location: GENOVA

Prerequisites

• Propedeuticità in ingresso: To take this exam, it is necessary to have taken the following exams:
  • MEDICINE AND SURGERY 8745 (coorte 2023/2024)
  • GENERAL PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
  • CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS
  • ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF DISEASES
• Propedeuticità in uscita: This course is a prerequisite for the following courses:
  • MEDICINE AND SURGERY 8745 (coorte 2023/2024)
  • MEDICINE 67519

Modules

This course is composed of:

• PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
• CUTANEOUS AND VENEREAL DISEASES
• INTERNAL MEDICINE (CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY)
• RHEUMATOLOGY

Teaching Materials

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Aims and Content

Learning Outcomes

• Cognitive understanding of the main dermatological, immunological, and rheumatological diseases.
• Ability to recognize the pathophysiological bases, morphological alterations, and clinical manifestations of the main diseases and their complications.
• Ability to determine a diagnostic process and prognosis.

Aims and Learning Outcomes

The Integrated Course of Dermatology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology addresses the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic insights of major diseases in these fields.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the basics of immunology, immunoinflammation, and human anatomy.

Teaching Methods

• Lessons are held in-person, with optional tutorial sessions at the bedside or in outpatient clinics involving clinical case discussions.
• Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), disabilities, or other educational needs are invited to contact the professor and the school's/department's disability coordinator at the beginning of the course to arrange suitable teaching methods.

Syllabus/Content

Immunology Topics

• Approach to patients with allergic or immunological disorders
• Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies
• Autoimmunity and autoantibodies
• Organ-specific autoimmune diseases
• Allergic diseases (asthma, rhinitis)
• Urticaria and angioedema
• Hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis
• Food, insect sting, and drug allergies
• Mastocytosis
• Recommended textbook: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Libreria Universo, 2021.

Rheumatology Topics

• Approach to patients with rheumatologic diseases: physical examination, rheumatologic semiotics, and inflammatory markers
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis and spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Reactive arthritis, Lyme disease, Acute rheumatic fever, Enteropathic arthritis
• Septic arthritis
• Primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon
• Connective tissue diseases: (Systemic lupus erythematosus, Systemic sclerosis, Mixed connective tissue disease, Overlap syndromes, Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis)
• Sjögren's syndrome
• Vasculitis
• Crystal-induced and metabolic arthropathies
• Osteoarthritis
• Soft tissue and extra-articular diseases
• Fibromyalgia
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Osteoporosis, osteomalacia, rickets, bone and extra-bone roles of vitamin D
• Paget's disease of bone
• Hereditary connective tissue diseases
• Nerve compression syndromes
• Synovial fluid examination
• Imaging techniques in rheumatology
• Recommended textbook: UNIREUMA. Rheumatology for Students and General Practitioners, Ed. Gnocchi 2021.

Dermatology Topics

• Primary skin lesions
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Lichen planus
• Urticaria
• Drug-induced skin reactions
• Photodermatitis
• Cutaneous mycoses
• Parasitic infestations and scabies
• Protozoan diseases
• Bacterial skin diseases
• Syphilis
• Dermatomyositis
• Lupus
• Scleroderma/Morphea
• Autoimmune bullous diseases
• Actinic keratosis
• Basal and squamous cell carcinomas
• Melanoma
• Reference textbook: Manual of Medical and Surgical Dermatology, 6th edition, ISBN, by Tullio Cainelli, Alberto Giannetti, Alfredo Rebora.

Recommended Reading/Bibliography

• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, McGra-Hill Education 2022.
• UNIREUMA. Rheumatology for Students and General Practitioners, Ed. Gnocchi 2021.
• Manual of Medical and Surgical Dermatology, 6th edition, ISBN, by Tullio Cainelli, Alberto Giannetti, Alfredo Rebora.

Teachers and Exam Board

• Emanuele Claudio Cozzani
• Daniela Fenoglio
• Gilberto Filaci
• Raffaele De Palma
• Giampaola Pesce
• Giuseppe Murdaca
• Sabrina Paolino
• Carmen Pizzorni
• Alberto Sulli
• Emanuele Gotelli
• Luca Mastracci
• Carlo Pesce

Exam Board

• Martina Burlando (President)
• Emanuele Claudio Cozzani (President)
• Raffaele De Palma (President)
• Daniela Fenoglio (President)
• Giulia Gasparini (President)
• Emanuele Gotelli (President)
• Giuseppe Murdaca (President)
• Sabrina Paolino (President)
• Giampaola Pesce (President)
• Carmen Pizzorni (President)
• Ilaria Trave (President)
• Alberto Sulli (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

Lessons

Lessons Start

Please refer to the Web Agenda | University of Genoa.

Class Schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy.

Exams

Exam Description

The final exam is a single oral exam covering the entire integrated course.

Assessment Methods

Student learning is assessed solely through the final exam, which aims to verify the achievement of the expected learning outcomes.

Exam Schedule

Data appello | Orario | Luogo | Degree type | Note | Subject
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15/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
29/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
26/02/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
16/04/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
18/06/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
09/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
30/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
17/09/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
15/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
29/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
26/02/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
16/04/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
18/06/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
09/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
30/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
17/09/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE
15/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
29/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
26/02/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
16/04/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
18/06/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
09/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
30/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
17/09/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | MEDICINA INTERNA (IMMUNOLOGIA CLINICA)
15/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA
29/01/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA
26/02/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA
16/04/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA
18/06/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA
09/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA
30/07/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA
17/09/2026 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | | REUMATOLOGIA