Medicine and Surgery HT

Purpose of pediatrics, The child as a patient, Infant mortality, Life periods of children and adolescents, 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.

The student, in order to understand the contents of the course and to achieve the learning objectives, must possess the basic knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the child.

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 Manuale di Pediatria Generale e Specialistica. Bonamico M, 2017. Casa Editrice Esculapio

Academic lectures with use of slides; discussion of clinical cases, seminars, training. 60%: frontal lessons on the basic knowledge necessary to achieve the training objectives; 10% exercises on how to read scientific articles in the pediatric field; 10% flipped classroom to learn more about some specific pathologies; 20% exercises in small groups to learn how to approach specific symptoms.

Attendance at least 70% of lessons is mandatory

Oral exam that focuses on the topics covered in class and contained in the program.