Unit INTERDISCIPLINARY AND CLINICAL SCIENCES

Course
Midwifery
Study-unit Code
A000968
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Elisabetta Costantini
CFU
5
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2025/26
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

OBSTETRIC ASSISTANCE IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCIONS

Code A003290
CFU 2
Teacher Elisabetta Costantini
Teachers
Hours
  • 30 ore -
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze ostetriche
Academic discipline MED/47
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Code 50789806
CFU 1
Teacher Alberto Falorni
Teachers
  • Alberto Falorni
Hours
  • 15 ore - Alberto Falorni
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Interdisciplinari e cliniche
Academic discipline MED/13
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and clinics of endocrine glands and their diseases with specific reference to pregnancy.
Reference texts Suggested text: Guida pratica di endocrinologia, Marco Boscaro Ed, Piccin, Padova 2019
Educational objectives To enable the students to understand the pathophysiologic mechanisms of endocrine diseases and to know the correct diagnosis and therapy of these diseases with specific application to pregnancy.
Prerequisites General knowledge of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry
Teaching methods Lessons by the professor.
Other information No additional information
Learning verification modality Final test with final numeric score.
Extended program General principles of endocrinology. Definition and structure of hormones and receptors. Physiology of adrenal cortex. Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency. Endocrine hypertension. Cushing's syndrome. Pheocromocytoma. Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes. Metabolism of vitamin D - Deficit of vitamin D. Primary and secondary Hyperparathyroidism. Pituitary incidentalomas. Hyperprolactinemia. Growth hormone. Acromegaly. Pathophysiology of insulin deficiency. Pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Clinics and therapy of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Pathophysiology of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Clinics and therapy of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Gestational diabetes. Acute and chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. Hypoglycaemia. Principles of human nutrition in diabetes mellitus. Physiology of thyroid. Iodine supplementation. Thyroiditis. Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Thyroid nodules.

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Code GP003742
CFU 1
Teacher Maria Cristina Vedovati
Teachers
  • Maria Cristina Vedovati
Hours
  • 15 ore - Maria Cristina Vedovati
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Interdisciplinari e cliniche
Academic discipline MED/09
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Definition of the main internal medicine diseases and their role in obstetric/gynecological pathologies.
Reference texts Medicina Interna per Scienze Infermieristiche. II Edizione, 2021. PICCIN.
Educational objectives The main objective of teaching is to provide students knowledge of the main internal diseases in obstetrics/gynecology and the main intervention measures.
Prerequisites Knowledge of the principles of anatomy. Biological and clinical knowledge.
Teaching methods Face-to-face lessons.
Other information .
Learning verification modality Oral test.
Extended program Pathologies of the cardiovascular system: ischemic heart disease, heart failure, myocarditis and pericarditis, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, venous thromboembolism: diagnosis and management. Syncope: differential diagnoses and management. Respiratory system diseases: COPD, pneumonia, respiratory failure: diagnosis and management. Pathologies of the digestive system: gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastritis and peptic ulcer, pancreatitis, hepatitis, cholecystitis: diagnosis and management. Management of patients with diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease. Main rheumatological pathologies: diagnosis and management. Anemia: differential diagnosis and management. Haemostasis. HELLP syndrome: diagnosis and management.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile 3,4

UROLOGY

Code 50144001
CFU 1
Teacher Elisabetta Costantini
Teachers
  • Elisabetta Costantini
Hours
  • 15 ore - Elisabetta Costantini
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Interdisciplinari e cliniche
Academic discipline MED/24
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Contenuti CONTENUTI Sì Il programma approfondirà alcuni degli aspetti trattati nel corso caratterizzante di Urologia. Verranno in particolare trattate le patologie dell'apparato urogenitale sia maschile che femminile che più frequentemente afferiscono al reparto e agli ambulatori di urologia. verranno in particolare approfonditi gli aspetti diagnostici e terapeutici delle affezioni urologiche a maggiore impatto clinico. The program will deepen some of the aspects discussed in the Urology characterizing course. In particular, the male and female urogenital pathologies most frequently observed in the urology clinic and the surgeries will be discussed. In particular, the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of urological disorders with greater clinical impact will be thoroughly investigated.
Reference texts 1. Trattato di Medicina Interna, fondato da Paolo Larizza. Malattie del rene, dell'apparato urinario e genitale maschile. A.Albertazzi, M.Porena, Ed. Piccin
2. E.Costantini , F.Natale , A.Carbone, A.L.Pastore, G.Palleschi. Pelvic Organ Prolapse. in Heesakkers, J., Chapple, C., De Ridder, D., Farag, F. Practical Functional Urology, pag. 153-238, 2016 ISBN 978-3-319-25430-2, ISBN 978-3-319-25428-9 ISBN 978-3-319-25430-2 (eBook), Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25430-2
Educational objectives To know mainly from a clinical and diagnostic point of view the main urological and uroginecological affections
Prerequisites It would be advisable to have already passed pathological anatomy and Imaging diagnostic
Teaching methods The course will have a part of frontal teaching with a limited number of hours and instead a series of traineeships that will affect the lane, outpatient clinics and the operating theater
Other information
Learning verification modality Oral test consists on an interview of about 15 minutes long aiming to ascertain the knowledge level and the understandi capability acquired by the student on theoretical and methodological contents as indicated on the program. The oral exam will also test the student communication skills, his autonomy in the organizazion and exposure of the treated practical topics, his capacity of clinical reasoning obtained after the professionalism training

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Extended program It will include part of the Urology program on the basis of the clinical cases dealt with in the internship
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile health and wellness
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