Integrated learning (clinical reasoning and techniques)

		Study programme 2025-2026	Français
		Integrated learning (clinical reasoning and techniques)
		Learning Activity

Code	Lecturer(s)	Associate Lecturer(s)	Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)	Establishment
M-DOYM-414	VANPEE Dominique			UMONS

Language of instruction	Language of assessment	HT(*)	HTPE(*)	HTPS(*)	HR(*)	HD(*)	Term
Français	Français	0	30	0	0	0	Q1

Content of Learning Activity

By the end of this course, the student will have developed the following skills:

1. Making a diagnosis
a. Analyze and prioritize clinical data; formulate the problems presented by the patient.
b. Argue the main diagnostic hypotheses.
c. Justify the diagnostic approach and investigation strategy (with an eco-responsible mindset) by explaining the expected contribution of the selected complementary tests to the patient and discussing the interpretation of their results.
d. Explain the main pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the clinical and paraclinical signs.
e. Discuss the main etiological and differential diagnoses, taking into account essential epidemiological data and morbidity co-factors.

2. Identifying emergency situations and planning their management
a. Identify signs of severity that require immediate therapeutic decisions.
b. Describe the measures to be implemented: potential procedures and maneuvers, measures for immediate monitoring, patient referral, and medications with their dosages.

3. Identifying chronic situations and planning their management and patient follow-up
a. Know and explain the natural history, complications, and prognostic factors.
b. Know the main principles of treatment according to the objectives pursued, the modes of action of therapies, their demonstrated benefits and potential risks, and explain them to the patient while respecting their autonomy.
c. Describe how to monitor the disease and its treatment, and specify the essential information to be given to the patient, including socio-professional and psychological impacts.
d. When applicable, explain the modalities of primary and secondary prevention, both individual and collective.
e. Accurately write, in common situations, a prescription including dosage, duration, and treatment monitoring.

These skills will be developed through the resolution of clinical scenarios appropriate for a first-year master’s student who already normally masters all the undergraduate knowledge in various fields of pathophysiology and possesses the specific clinical knowledge in cardiology, pulmonology, and general semiology.

Required Learning Resources/Tools

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Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

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