Postgraduate School of Plastic Recontructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Common training objectives (or common core)
Students must acquire adequate theoretical knowledge and professional skill in the clinical and instrumental diagnosis and the treatment, also in emergency-critical situations, of the most common diseases requiring surgery. Students must acquire core competencies in the physiopathology of organs and apparatus, theoretical and practical knowledge required to identify diseases affecting the body's organ systems, theoretical and practical knowledge of the main sectors of instrumental and laboratory diagnostics pertaining to said diseases, the ability to assess links with, and the impact of, internal and specialist medicine. They must therefore be able to recognize the symptoms and clinical-functional signs of disease in organs and systems, having acquired core competencies in diagnostics, therapy, psychology and ethics for a comprehensive patient workup. To this end they must: develop the ability to clinically assess patients based on the anamnesis and objective examination; develop critical and analytical diagnostic skills; gain familiarity with the main diagnostic procedures and laboratory-instrumental analyses; recognize and be able to address the main medical emergencies; acquaint themselves with therapeutic resources to programme their best use and understand their indications and contraindications, as well as possible interactions and iatrogenic effects; acquire core competencies relating to clinical research methodologies and drug testing; understand the basic issues in prevention, public healthcare and social medicine. The student must acquire sufficient theoretical knowledge and professional skills in recognizing and treating the most common pathologies in emergency-critical situations.
Lastly, the student must also have knowledge of the clinical presentation and treatment of the most common pathologies pertaining to the other class types.

Core training objectives
Students must acquire: in-depth knowledge of physiopathology, surgical anatomy and medical surgery; competencies to complete epidemiological evaluations and the workup of clinical cases, also through the use of information systems; knowledge of the organization and management of healthcare services in accordance with the latest directives; practical experience for clinically assessing and typing patients on the basis of clinical pathology, anatomical pathology, surgical physiology and clinical practice; knowledge of the medical-legal aspects of their profession and of the laws and regulations governing healthcare.
Students must also acquire the core competencies for organizing and managing their own surgical activity in relation to the characteristics of the facility in which they will be operating.

School-specific training objectives
Students must acquire: core competencies in topographical anatomy relevant to clinical objective examinations and medical surgery, the principles of asepsis and antisepsis, problems relating to organization and environmental hygiene in the operating room; knowledge of surgical instruments and of suture materials, and of traditional and alternative surgical methods and techniques; core competencies and practical experience for personally assessing the overall condition of patients and prescribing the most effective medical or surgical treatment as a function of risks, benefits and expected outcome for each single patient.They must be able to address and solve issues pertaining to the definition and management of postoperative care and aftercare; be able to personally complete emergency surgeries based on a comprehensive evaluation of the disease and patient, having acquired core competencies in surgical anatomy and surgical medicine.In particular, the student must acquire specific competencies in the field of plastic-reconstructive surgery,