PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
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- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- LUIGI GRASSI
- Credits
- 2
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- MED/06
Training objectives
- To examine the main clinical and therapeutic aspects to deal with the various problems of the relationship with people affected by cancer and their families.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of psychopathology
Course programme
- Psycho-oncology: the origins and historical aspects.
Psychosocial implications of cancer: the patient. Psychosocial implications of cancer: the family.
Communication skills in oncology ( Oncotalk).
Distress and psychological disturbances in cancer care.
Grief and bereavement.
Burn-out.
Practical training: clinical case discussions and role-play. Didactic methods
- Lectures.
Role-play Learning assessment procedures
- Oral examination.
The oral examination will focus on the subjects listed above in "Course programme".
Criteria for the assessment of knowledge / skills acquisition:
- Student’s understanding of specific items requested;
- Ability to link and compare the different aspects and content covered;
- Reflective capacity demonstrated by the student with respect to the applicability of theoretical contents in the various areas of clinical intervention.
Each student will be asked 3 questions concerning the three macro-areas treated:
- Psychosocial implications of cancer;
- Communication and helping relationship in health care;
- distress and psychiatric disorders in cancer care.
A score from 0 to 11 (according to the criteria for the assessment the acquisition of the abovementioned knowledge / skills) to each question will be awarded.
The final grade will result from the sum of the three scores attributed to each applicant.
To pass the test students must acquire at least 6 out of 11 points for each question, a minimum score of 18 and a maximum of 33.
For the scorer of 31, 32, 33 students will be awarded with “30 e lode”.
If the total score is less than 18, students must repeat the oral examination.
The examination will last for 20 minutes. Reference texts
- Luigi Grassi, Massimo Biondi, Anna Costantini, Manuale pratico di psico-oncologia, Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, Roma 2003
