9TH SEMESTER

The medical students to acquire the essential knowledged on basic issues of General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal-Maternal Medicine and Assisted Reproduction, in order to be capable to identify, diagnose and provide treatment to women with relevant medical conditions and moreover to take appropriate action in cases of pregnant women towards the management of pregnancy and puerperium problems.

Upon completion of teaching and clinical practice , the student should be able to identify the location of organs of the urinary and male genital tract on the body , take a basic urological history and apply basic methods of physical examination. Especially to perform a digital rectal examination and palpation of the scrotum, describe the necessary laboratory tests to check the function and dysfunction of the urinary tract and male genital tract, identify the organs of the urinary and male genital tract in imaging studies , particularly in ultrasonography, properly insert self-retaining bladder catheter (Foley) and to be aware of the potential difficulties and complications, recognize the urological and male genital emergencies (renal colic , testicular torsion , urosepsis etc. ) and suggest treatment options, present (under guidance) a simple urologic clinical case and to indicate the appropriate therapeutic options.

The object of this course is to understand the methods and techniques for the perioperative management of the surgical patient. Upon successful completion of this course the students will be familiar with all the issues related with anesthesia such as: Applied Respiratory Physiology, Applied Cardiovascular Physiology, Usage of anesthetics and sedatives as well as of drugs acting on the cardiovascular and respiratory system, perioperative fluid and blood products administration. Upon completion of the skill stations/workshops students will be able to perform basic airway maneuvers and to ventilate patients. Moreover, it is possible for students that have demonstrated interest to apply all of the knowledge they perceived on patients in the operating theatres of university hospital AHEPA.

The student becomes familiar of the way a patient with musculoskeletal injuries as well as other orthopaedic disorders, infection or tumors, must be approached. More specifically, the student learns the initial approach and treatment of an injured man, how to initially stabilize a fracture and estimate the urgent case. Also he gets familiar with chronic orthopaedic disorders and how to approach them clinically as well as by choosing the appropriate imaging examination and informing the patient about all the available treatment techniques.

The aim of the course is to prepare medical students to recognize emergencies, to discuss and to coordinate therapeutic attempts starting from the time of illness or injury and on, and completed with the transfer and treatment in the hospital. Emergency Medicine is the Department who deals with treating life-threatening situations in a limited time and with existing medical resources and the safe transportation of patients to the hospital. Injuries and trauma after road accidents requires urgent medical treatment and excellent transportation conditions.

Principles of perioperative pharmacology, muscle relaxants, anesthetic drugs (inhaled, intravenous, local), Gynecology and obstetrics drugs (drugs affecting ovulation, drugs acting on the myometrium, contraceptive drugs/ techniques, hypogonadism and postmenopausal substitution therapy, drugs for gynecological cancers and breast cancer), Urology and andrology drugs (drugs for urine retention/ incontinence, drugs for erectile dysfunction, drugs for benign prostate hyperplasia, drugs for andrological cancers), Drugs affecting bone mineral homeostasis.

The objectives of the course are the preliminary contact of the student with the wide range of applied laboratory medicine, as practiced in our country within the limits of the medical specialty of Medical Biopathology. The aim is to familiarize and understand the potential of laboratory approach to diagnosis and monitoring, at least of the main clinical situations, as well as the important contribution of the medical laboratory to the identification and documentation of the disease and the therapeutic intervention. Also, to show the need for rational use and good practice, as well as for continuous evaluation of laboratory results and applied procedures.

Study of the morphological changes that develop in tissues and organs by system, as well as epidemiological data, pathogenetic mechanisms, predictive and prognostic factors for pathologic conditions and neoplasms. Hematopoietic and lymphatic system, Upper respiratory system and Lungs, Heart, Kidneys and lower urinary tract, Oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract, Liver and biliary tract, Pancreas, Male genital system, Female genital system, Breasts, Endocrine system, Musculoskeletal system, Skin, Nervous system.

Familiarity with the basic indications, advantages and disadvantages of the diagnostic and interventional imaging techniques in reference to system/organ pathologies. Understanding of the principles of images interpretation. Knowledge of the typical imaging findings from the various imaging modalities (radiography, ultrasonography, CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine techniques) of the most common diseases (on a system/organ basis). Apprehension of the role of imaging diagnostic algorithms in the era of precision medicine.