Postgraduate Specialisation in Pathological Anatomy

Hematology

Course code

4S001821

Name of lecturer

Carlo Visco

Coordinator

Carlo Visco

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Academic sector

MED/15 - BLOOD DISEASES

Language of instruction

Italian

Period

not yet allocated

Learning outcomes

The course aims at providing students with the fundamental guidelines for understanding the pathophysiological bases, the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and the prognostic evaluation of hematological diseases that guide the Specialist in the clinical practice. Therefore the objectives of the course are as follows:
- contributing to the formation of a clinical-biological hematological culture that allows to assimilate new knowledge and new experience, both in the following phases of the course and in future professional practice;
- acquiring the capability of diagnosing correctly, prognostically evaluating and establishing the most appropriate treatment for hematological diseases.

Syllabus

- blood and bone marrow (investigation methods, embryogenesis, hematopoiesis, hematocatheresis)
- anemias (classification, clinical features and differential diagnosis)
- approach to hematological malignancies
- acute leukemias
- myelodysplasia, secondary malignancies and treatment complications
- chronic myeloproliferative neoplasia
- chronic lymphoproliferative disorders
- monoclonal gammopathies, myeloma
- hemostasis disorders
- hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and advanced cell therapies

Assessment methods and criteria