Corso di laurea in Logopedia

The teaching aims to provide theoretical and methodological bases, as well as the acquisition of knowledge-skills related to the disciplines treated and their interaction, The topics investigated include:

-        neurological diseases which give rise to disabilities of speech language pathology  competence

-        aspects related to each surgery dysphagia and other  phoniatric and logopedic  disease

-        cognitive-communicative difficulties in physiological and pathological brain aging:  SLP core competence

-         swallowing  disorders in neurological and surgical diseases of  adulthood and old age: SLP core competence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

The student must acquire: the skills that enable  to manage rehabilitation independently of the pathologies faced during  the lessons and a  good clinical reasoning skills, which leads to the construction of the evaluation and rehabilitation path, more coherent and effective in relation to the clinical complexity of the framework and the short and long term outcome objectives

INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT

The student must be able to deliver and calibrate his intervention on the person in accordance with his peculiarities, context  and QoL . He must also demonstrate to operate his rehabilitation choices in a flexible and dinamic  manner with respect to the cost-benefit analisys, specificity and clinical appropriateness of the proposed interventions.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

The student at the end of the course should learn how to manage communicative techniques and strategies to interact effectively with the patient and with the caregiver , even in the presence of complex and / or conflicting situations

Whether he has learned how to relate adequately to the multidisciplinary team, be available for discussion and clinical comparison,making their specific professional contribution.

LEARNING SKILLS

The student must demonstrate that he / she is able to access the didactic knowledge learned by using them in clinical practiceand available  to extend his knowledge through study and continuous updating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The course for conducting the program uses 5 CFU.The lecturers have slide shows and movies, as well as test material for field exercises to be performed in small groups.Clinical cases will also be presented as a starting point for discussion and definition of definition of treatment plans 

 

The examination teaching LOGOPEDIC SCIENCES OF COMMUNICATION IV includes a written test that contains 20 multiple-choice questions concerning the topics dealt with in two teaching modules and an oral test where the learning of the other two modules will verified through at least two questions for Logopedic Sciences. The valuation is thirty , consists in ponderate  media  passing the profit you need to reach the sufficiency (18/30)

  

 

 

 

 

-      Thyroid: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

-    Cervical esophagus: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

-     Thoracic and abdominal esophagus: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

-     Stomach: surgical anatomy, surgical pathology, indications to operate, post-operative course

-     Gastro esophageal reflux-disease: anatomical- physiological relations, diagnostic assessment and therapy

-        Brain tumors

-        Epilepsy

-        Inflammatory disorders of CNS (meningitis, encefalitis)

-        Cefaleas and nevralgias

-        Neurological disorders causing dyphagia, psicogenic dysphagias

 

-      Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Speech Therapist: Skills  

-      Complexity and multidisciplinary management of person with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

-      Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pathway:

-           Stroke and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

×           Neurodegenerative disorders and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

×           Oncological disease and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

×           Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in the elderly

×           Discussion of clinical cases

 

-      The Elder: changes in cognitive and communicative functioning and meaning of geriatric-logopedic rehabilitation 

-      Dementia or neurocognitive decline: newer classifications and definitions, nosological catalogue

×           The language and the cognitive aspects related to the main  types of dementia

×           Primary progressive aphasia (PPA): the three clinical variants and peculiarities of linguistic deficits

×           The evaluation process aimed at the rehabilitation of dementia:  screening batteries,  comprehensive and specific  SPL assessment tools 

×           In-depth assessment of communicative and linguistic competence

×           Pratical tutorials with the most commonly used text material and selection criteria for evaluation protocols

×           Logopedic rehabilitation management and the different targets in each stage of illness

×           Neurocognitive rehabilitation of dementia: presenting different operation models and new approaches

×           Practical exercises aimed at choosing the best neurocognitive training person-centred and focused on  his environment

×           Program to stimulate of the communication for people with dementia: pragmatic approach and assistive technologies

×           Speech language pathologist counselling: objectives and contents