Course content: Students are trained in Ob-Gyn on a rotational basis along the units of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Obstetrical wards, Gynecology ward, Labor ward, Fetal Maternal unit, Gynecological Oncology unit, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility unit, Laboratory of Women’s Health and Genetics, Gynecological Endoscopy unit and the outpatient clinics of obstetrics, gynecology, gynecologic endocrinology/osteoporosis, family planning, adolescence gynecology, recurrent pregnancy loss, pelvic pain. The students actively participate in normal deliveries and surgical operations. They also are expected to follow an on-call schedule. They are also encouraged to participate in research projects and educational presentations.

Training: The students are clinically trained as members of the department having received clinical responsibilities under close supervision by the faculty. They are expected to develop adequate basic clinical skills and achieve fluency in formulating a differential diagnosis upon common pathologic entities of the specialty and propose possible realistic management plans.

Hours of training per student: 225

Year of education: 6th

ECTS: 10

Aim of this syllabus: Providing theoretical and practical knowledge about pediatric diseases from the neonatal period to adolescence.

Lecture topics: Neonatology: respiratory distress syndrome, perinatal asphyxia, deviant growth development, congenital infections, neonatal jaundice, neonatal infections, surgical problems. Chromosomal abnormalities. Immunodeficiencies. Infections in children: rash and non-rash infectious diseases, bacterial infections, fever of unknown origin. Respiratory tract system: upper and lower respiratory tract infections, bronchiolitis, asthma, food allergy, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis. Cardiovascular system: congenital heart diseases, cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, pericarditis. Gastrointestinal system: acute and chronic abdominal pain, malabsorption, hepatitis. Kidney/Urinary tract system: prenatal hydronephrosis, congenital anomalies of urinary tract, urinary tract infection, vesicoureteral reflux, nephrotic syndrome, haematuria, glomerulonephritis, acute and chronic renal disease, hypertension, disturbances of fluids and electrolytes. Hematopoietic system: iron deficiency anemia, hemoglobinopathies, purpura, bleeding disorders, leucocyte disorders. Malignant disorders: Osteosarcoma, sarcoma Ewing, rhabdomyosarcoma, lymphomas, leukemias. Endocrine system: diabetes mellitus, growth abnormalities, early puberty, thyroid function disorders. Nervous system: febrile seizures, afebrile seizures, epilepsy, status epilepticus, hypotonic infant, neuromuscular disorders, cerebral pulsy, mental retardation, autism, abnormalities of speech and social interaction development, neurocutaneous syndromes, headaches (tension, migraine), brain stroke events. Rheumatic diseases: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus. Bone and joint disorders. Traumas, poisoning incidents, burns.

Plan and outcomes of teaching: The lectures are given three times a week, while there is daily teaching round in the wards of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the outpatient clinics during a 12-week period. During the same period the students are on calls (7 hours/day) for eight days. Students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge under the supervision of all academic staff as to be able to approach the diagnosis of the majority of pediatric disorders.

Hours of training per student: 355

Year of education: 6th

ECTS: 13

Objectives of the clinical course: This clinical practice course offers practical and theoretical knowledge on the surgical related diseases of the human organism to the final year medical students. The aim of this course is to train adequately the students, in order to be able to manage efficiently and with great responsibility patients with surgical diseases.

Contents of the course: Clinical training for the final year medical students on patients with diseases from the spectrum of general surgery. At the same time lectures are given, almost on a daily basis, on general surgery diseases.

Mode and outcomes of teaching: This clinical practice course takes place mainly in patient’s wards and in the seminar room, in the department of General Surgery of the University hospital of Ioannina. The students are divided in 4 groups (25-30 in each group). Every group has 11 weeks of clinical practice, daily Monday-Friday, from 8.00 am -14.00. During the course each student has to do also 6 on calls in general surgery (from 16.00-22.00). During the course lectures are given, on a daily basis, on general surgery subjects. The students are trained in history taking, physical examination, preoperative assessment of a surgical patient, record keeping of patients during hospitalization, differential diagnosis and early diagnosis of post-operative complications. They attend the outpatient department and the A&E. They attend also the educational program of the department (case presentations, literature review, lectures). They participate in general surgery operations in theater.

The students are also trained in the basic skills in general surgery:

• wound and trauma management (antisepsis, suturing), and
• placement of an iv line, blood collection for analysis, placement of naso-gastric or urinary catheter.

At the end of the course the students should be able to take effectively medical history and to communicate with the patients in an efficient way. They should be also able to perform a complete physical examination and to make differential diagnosis in order to reach the diagnosis and to be able to manage well patients with diseases in the spectrum of general surgery.

Hours of training per student: 325

Year of education: 6th

ECTS: 13