Medicine and Surgery

Contents: Growth, Development and Behavior; Nutrition; Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders; Human Genetics; Metabolic Disorders; The Fetus and Neonatal Infant; Immunology; Allergic Disorders; Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood; Infectious diseases; The Digestive System; Respiratory System; The Cardiovascular System; Diseases of the Blood; Cancer and Benign tumors; Nephrology; Urologic Disorders in Infants and Children; The Endocrine System; The Nervous System and Neuromuscular Disorders

Knowledge of the main adult diseases.

Suggested textbooks: ● Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Editors. RM Kliegman, BF Stanton, JW St Geme III, NF Schor, RE Behrman, 20th Edition . Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2016 ● The Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, David Valle, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Arthur L. Beaudet, MD, Editor, Bert Vogelstein, MD, Editor, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Ph.D., Editor, Stylianos E. Antonarakis, MD, D.Sc., Editor, Andrea Ballabio, MD, Editor, K. Michael Gibson, Ph.D., FACMG, Editor, Grant Mitchell, MD, Editor

mandatory

Evaluation methods: written and oral exam. The final evaluation of the entire course will be based on the results of a test structured as follows: 1) 33 multiple-choice questions (1 point each) 2) an oral exam after the written evaluation to discuss the wrong choices (optional).

Teaching methods: Academic lectures with use of slides; discussion of clinical cases, seminars, training.