Medicine and Surgery

Knowledge (Gastroenterology) Gastroduodenal Diseases Helicobacter pylori infection, Acute and Chronic gastritis and gastropathies, Peptic ulcer, Gastric tumors Intestinal Diseases Maldigestion and malabsorptionm, Celiac Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Diverticular Disease, Rectocolonic tumors Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases Dyspepsia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Constipation, Diarrhea Anorectal Diseases Fecal Incontinence Acute and chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatic cancer Acute and chronic hepatitis Liver cirrhosis and its complications Non malignant biliary tract diseases Hepatocellular carcinoma and other liver masses Knowledge (Endocrinology) Introduction to the endocrine system Clinical aspects of anterior and posterior pituitary gland The thyroid: Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Nontoxic goiter, Thyroiditis, Thyroid cancer Calcium and bone metabolism: Hyperparathyroidism Hypoparathyroidism, Osteoporosis The adrenal glands: Adrenal insufficiency, Cushing’s syndrome, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, The incidentally discovered adrenal mass, The adrenal medulla Endocrinology of hypertension: Renin-angiotensinII-related hypertension, Mineralcorticoid-related hypertension, Pheocromocytom. Hirsutism Metabolic disorders: Diabetes mellitus, Hypoglicemia, Obesity and metabolic syndrome Special topics in endocrinology: Hormones and athletic performance, Trans-genderism, Late onset hypogonadism.

Essential prerequisites for comprehension of the Course, an adequate knowledge of the topics covered in the Courses of Human Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pathology and General Physiopathology, Laboratory Medicine, Basic Medical-Scientific Methodology, Clinical Medical-Scientific Methodology is required. To meet requirements for the access to the exam, the student must have attended at least 67% of the activities of the Course.

Unigastro - Manuale di Gastroenterologia - Edizione 2016 - 2019 - A cura del Coordinamento Nazionale Docenti Universitari di Gastroenterologia - Contenuti multimediali inclusi - Editore: Il Pensiero Scientifico (2016) (ISBN 8849005636 Manuale di Endocrinologia di F. Lombardo, A. Lenzi – EdiSES (2017) (ISBN 9788879599566) Sabiston: Trattato di Chirurgia: Le basi biologiche della moderna pratica chirurgica – Editore: Antonio Delfino Editore (ISBN 8872872871)

Lezioni con presentazione mediante power point, partecipazione interattiva, attività didattica professionalizzante

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Evaluation of knowledge level by oral examination

Lezioni con presentazione mediante power point, partecipazione interattiva, attività didattica professionalizzante

Diseases of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis; dyslipidemias and metabolic syndrome; diabetes mellitus (classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and clinical presentation); acute and chronic complications of diabetes and new pharmacological treatments; hirsutism; hypo- and hyperthyroidism; dietary aspects of endocrine diseases; hypo- and hyperparathyroidism; parathyroid surgery and surgically relevant hyperparathyroidism; follicular thyroid carcinomas; medullary thyroid carcinoma; hypo- and hyperadrenalism; endocrine hypertension; hypogonadism and andropause; puberty and gynecomastia; erectile dysfunction; osteoporosis; hypoglycemic syndromes; obesity and underweight; endocrine disruptors; transgender health (endocrine aspects of gender incongruence). The course includes presentation and discussion of clinical cases in class and hands-on professional training activities, aimed at deepening and practicing topics relevant to the final examination, with a particular focus on the correlation between pathophysiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects.

Title: Manuale di Endocrinologia, Authors: Lenzi - Scuole Romane di Endocrinologia, Editor: Carocci