The aim of the module is to provide the student with the knowledge of the chosen profession, skills in the field of prevention , diagnosis and cancer patient management

At the end of the course the student must have acquired knowledge of congenital
malformations, in particular Hirschsprung's disease, wall malformations, digestive
tract, and urinary tract malformations.
The training objectives that must be achieved concern the ability to develop a
sufficient knowledge of the clinical and diagnostic problems inherent in the
affections of surgical relevance in the pediatric field.

The student will study the physiology of the endocrine system and metabolism. They will be analyzed the causes and pathophysiological mechanisms of the main diseases of the endocrine system, with particular reference to women in pregnancy.
In particular, the main knowledge acquired will be regarding:
- physiological and physiopathological bases, clinical aspects and gender differences of the main diseases of the endocrine system
- the physiology of the endocrine system and the study of the main diseases of the endocrine system and of the metabolism in pregnancy.

Specific competence will be acquired in the management, diagnosis and care of women suffering from endocrine-metabolic pathologies in pregnancy.

The fundamental educational objective of the teaching is the knowledge of pregnancy in the different phases both in terms of prevention and diagnosis of the pathologies related to it. In particular, the issues of interest are:
1) Estimate the health status of people in the obstetric field.
2) Evaluate the clinical manifestations related to fetal obstetric pathologies.
3) Monitor maternal-fetal well-being both in pfysiological pregnancy and in pathological situations.

The indispensablelearningobjectiveis the knowledge of the major complications of pregnancy and labor. Particularinterestispayed to:
1) the mostrelevantdisorders of implanation and earlypregnancy: miscarriage and ectopicpregnancy
2) the mostrelevantcomplication of advancedgestation: hypertension in pregnancy (gestationalhypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, preexistinghypertension, diabetes in pregnancy, pretermlabor, placenta previa, placentalabruption
3) the mostrelevantcomplications of labor: abnormalfetalpresentations, dynamic and mechanicaldystocias of labor