Bowel Ultrasound in Inflammatory Boweld Disease, II level Master Program 2022/23

The Master Program corresponds to a II level University Master within the academic Italian system.

Upon completion of the 12-months, and after the traineeship and final project dissertation, participants are awarded 60 ECTS.

The Program start on October 3rd, 2022.

The activities will be delivered in a blended format, with both e-learining classes, completely taught in English, and on-campus practical training in collaboration with San Raffaele Hospital (Milan).

The theoretical training activities (modules 1 to 4) will take place remotely, through asynchronous lessons available on a dedicated e-learning platform. The self-study of the video lessons will alternate with moments of confrontation with the teachers, through remote syncronous Q&A sessions. The four theoretical modules will take place approximately from October 2022 to April/May 2023. At the end of each module there will be an interactive Q&A session, to be carried out remotely, and a mandatory assessment test.

The practical activities will take place within San Raffaele Hospital facilities and will take place with a flexible schedule, according to the participants' needs.
They will consist in two phases:

- observership hands-off training >>> 2 weeks;

- hands-on training >>> 4 weeks.

DIDACTIC ACTIVITIES			ECTS	SCIENTIFIC SECTOR
I	1	Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostic investigation, management	32	MED/12
	2	Imaging techniques for the assessment of activity and complications in IBD: computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, role of fecal calprotection		MED/12
	3	Biomarkers in IBD: role of C-reactive protein, role of fecal calprotection		MED/12
	4	Treat to target and disease monitoring		MED/12
	5	What is bowel ultrasound (US)? Equipment, basic technique		MED/12
	6	How to perform bowel US. Anatomy and sonographic findings. Bowel wall, small and large bowel, peri-intestinal features. Reporting on examination […]		MED/12
	7	Special techniques: small intestine contrast ultrasound (SICUS), transperineal ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), elastography		MED/12
II	8	Bowel US for the diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD)		MED/12
	9	Bowel US for assessment of CD disease activity and extent		MED/12
	10	Bowel US for detection of extraintestinal features and complications in CD: strictures, fistulae, abscesses, limph nodes, mesenteric fat hypertrophy, abdominal free fluid		MED/12
	11	Bowel US for assessment of postoperative CD recurrence		MED/12
	12	Bowel US for assessment of CD bowel damage		MED/12
	13	Bowel US for assessment of response to therapy in CD		MED/12
	14	Bowel US for assessment of prognostication in CD		MED/12
	15	Sonographic scores in CD		MED/12
III	16	Bowel US for the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC)		MED/12
	17	Bowel US for assessment of UC disease activity and extent		MED/12
	18	Bowel US for detection of extraintestinal features and complications in UC: strictures, limph nodes, mesenteric fat hypertrophy, abdominal free fluid		MED/12
	19	Bowel US for assessment of response to therapy in UC		MED/12
	20	Bowel US for assessment of prognostication in UC		MED/12
	21	Sonographic scores in UC		MED/12
	22	How to position bowel US in Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinical practice?		MED/12
	23	Where to perform bowel US? Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS)		MED/12
IV	24	Bowel US: application in functional gastro-intestinal disorders		MED/12
	25	Emerging and future roles of Bowel US: evalutation of stricturing diseas; evaluation of stransmural healing in IBD		MED/12
	26	Bowel US for assessment of perianal Crohn's disease		MED/12
	27	Advantage of Bowel US		MED/12
	28	Limitation of bowel US: how to overcome these limits?		MED/12
	29	Challenging clinical cases		MED/12
V	14	Observership (hands-off)	8	MED/12
VI	15	Training (hands-on)	16	TIR
VII	16	Final Project (Thesis)	4	PROFIN_S