General Pathology and Diagnostics

- To acquire the fundamental knowledge of the main methods of diagnostic imaging;
- To acquire the fundamental knowledge of the main methods of use of radiation and to know the current standards of radioprotection;
- To provide students with a general knowledge on the role, purpose, potential of Laboratory Medicine in health protection, disease prevention and monitoring, a general knowledge of the diagnostic pathways and a basics of knowledge to interpret the results of a laboratory examination
- To acquire the knowledge of the main functional aspects of the healthy
subject in developmental age;
- To know the fundamentals of the pathophysiology appropriate to different clinical situations, also in relation to diagnostic parameters;
- To know the causes of diseases in developmental age, as well as the fundamental pathogenetic and pathophysiological mechanisms;
- To know the relationship between microorganisms and host in human infections;
- To know the physiological defense mechanisms of the organism;
To acquire an adequate knowledge of technological and biotechnological development to be applied when taking care of subjects in developmental

Knowledge and understanding
- biomedical sciences for the understanding of physiological and pathological processes related to the health and illness of the newborn, child, adolescent;
In relation to subjects in developmental age, students will be able to:
a) describe the EU radiation protection standards;
b) relate pathogens with the physiological defense mechanisms in human infections;
c) recognize signs and symptoms of inflammatory diseases;
d) identify the causes and physio-pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the disease;
e) illustrate the specific diagnostic investigations for the various pathological conditions and interpret the results in relation to the reference parameters