Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

A.Y. 2023/2024
5
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
MED/40
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course aims at acquainting the students with the knowledge concerning:
i) the various aspects of medical care for women with emphasis on the basic knowledge for the collection of obstetric and gynecological history and relative physical examination;
ii) the main obstetric and gynecological diseases to identify the clinical conditions that require sending to the specialist.
Expected learning outcomes
The students get familiar with the pathophysiological and clinical aspects of the various phases of a woman's life and normal and pathological pregnancy.
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

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Course syllabus
GYNECOLOGY
1. Anatomy
2. The menstrual cycle and its anomalies
3. Abnormal uterine bleeding
4. Infectious pathology of the female genital system
5. Spontaneous and assisted fertilization
6. Acute and chronic pelvic pain
7. Menopause
8. Urogynaecology
9. Cancer of the cervix
10. Endometrial cancer
11. Ovarian cancer
OBSTETRICS
1. Pregnancy: maternal adaptation and maternal and fetal monitoring
2. Infectious pathology with fetal maternal transmission
3. Pathology of the first trimester of pregnancy
4. Prenatal consultation and diagnosis
5. Fetal maternal medicine [premature birth; fetal growth abnormalities; hypertensive pathology; gestational diabetes; III trimester bleeding; twin pregnancy; thrombophilias etc.]
6. Physiology of labor and delivery
7. Anomalies of labor, dystocias, operative delivery
Prerequisites for admission
Student must have passed the exam of Patologia e fisiopatologia generale
Teaching methods
Each credit includes hours of frontal and innovative teaching. The innovative teaching activities consist in the deepening of specific topics of the course syllabus, that will be selected by the students and the teacher. Such activity will be carried out in active collaboration between students and teacher.
The program will be carried out through lectures with the aid of educational material [slides and videos]
Teaching Resources
All lecture slides are accompanied by bibliography for further information on the specific topics and are available for students. The recommended text is Bolis, Gynecology and Obstetrics Manual, Edises publisher
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an oral test with two questions, one of obstetrics and one of gynecology, asked by the two teachers of the course. The exam topics are those developed in class. No intermediate tests are foreseen. The final mark, expressed in thirtieths, represents the average of the two marks obtained with the two teachers.
MED/40 - OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY - University credits: 5
Lessons: 40 hours
: 20 hours