Pulmonology

Semester: 2nd 
Type: Compulsory
ECTS: 4
Distance learning: 75%

Learning objectives:
After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able:
1. to recognize the diseases affecting the respiratory tract and focus on topics common in every day clinical practice.
2. to make a diagnosis by diagnostic procedures based on new imaging techniques, on immunology, molecular biology and pulmonary functional tests
3. to propose detailed therapeutic strategies of common lung diseases
4. to be familiar with the approach of patients with respiratory diseases and apply basic skills and techniques to them

Syllabus:
Anatomy of the respiratory system
Respiratory Physiology
Functional assays
Respiratory emergencies
COPD I
Infectious lung disease
COPD II
Lung transplantation
Respiratory failure I
Respiratory failure II

Lecturers:
Tagarakis Georgios, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Foroulis, Christophoros Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Tsagkaropoulos Sokratis, Reader in Cardiothoracic Surgery