The course of "Blood Diseases" aims to introduce students of the degree course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics to the main pathologies and syndromes of hematological and oncological inter-est, and their possible implications on the oral cavity.
Gastroenterology teaching aims to provide dentistry students with essential information on the most important pathologies of gastroenterological competence:
• To know the epidemiology and clinical manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux disease;
• To know the epidemiology and clinical manifestation of gastric and duodenal diseases;
• To provide students with a general understanding of irritable bowel syndrome by setting the correct diagnostic-therapeutic path;
• To understand the anatomical and functional foundations underlying the alterations pre-sent in the pathologies of the biliary tract;
• presentation, diagnosis and treatment of upper and lower digestive bleeding;
• To introduce the fundamentals of diagnostic and therapeutic digestive endoscopy, when to use it and the potential procedural complications;
• To know the epidemiology and clinical manifestation of the main cancers of the digestive system.
The aim of the course of cardiovascular diseases is to provide learners with a program that allows them to acquire adequate knowledge about epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prog-nosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
The educational objective of the oncology course is to provide the student with an integral view of the cancer problem, from its biological basis to the clinical consequences, from morphological characterization to surgical, radiotherapy and medical treatments and also skills in the field of pal-liative care. At the end, students must have acquired the tools to understand the genesis of the tumor and the risk factors.
The course of "Endocrinology" aims to introduce the pathophysiology of the endocrine-metabolic system. The causes and pathophysiological mechanisms of the main diseases of the endocrine system and metabolism will be analyzed. In particular, the acquired knowledge will include the physiological and pathophysiological bases, the clinical aspects and the gender differences of the main diseases of the endocrine system and metabolism.
The Clinical Pathology module aims to provide the student with knowledge relating to the role that the clinical laboratory has in: 1) the identification and counting of the figured elements of the blood; 2) ascertaining the patient's inflammatory state; 3) the study of jaundice; 4) monitoring of haemostatic capacities; 5) evaluation of renal function; 6) measuring the activity of enzymes in human biological fluids; 7) the determination of blood levels of lipids and glucose and the signifi-cance of their alterations.