Medical Science Specialties 2

The course aims to enable students to acquire critical awareness and operational knowledge about:
- the clinical and biochemical manifestations of the main endocrine and metabolic diseases, related nutritional requirements.
- the clinical manifestations of the medical and surgical emergencies, the operating procedures of enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- the clinical manifestations of the odontostomatological and oncological diseases.
- the surgical approach to the treatment of obesity

At the end of the course students will have the knowledge about the diagnosis of the main endocrine and metabolic, odontostomatological and oncological diseases, with particular attention given to related nutritional requirements and the surgical approach to the treatment of obesity.

Applying knowledge and understanding.
For these diseases students will be able:
- to recognize clinical and biochemical manifestations, and related diagnostic procedures.
- to define the effects of hormones on the nutritional requirements.
- to know the advantages and limitation of bariatric surgery

Making judgments.
Students will be able to select and to appropriately use clinical and biochemical data for the diagnosis of the main endocrine and metabolic, odontostomatological and oncological diseases and to evaluate the effects on nutritional status. These abilities will be acquired through clinical case discussions and outpatient internship.

Communication skills.
Students will acquire interpersonal and communication skills that ensure effective information exchange, related these diseases, with individual patients, their families and other healthcare professionals. These abilities will be developed through outpatient internship.

Learning skills.
Students will be able to go deeper in the topic of these diseases through the autonomous consultation of databases, scientific publications and reference texts. These abilities will be developed through report writing during the course.