The integrated course in “Medical Sciences” provides a general framework of the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, and healthcare bases of the main pathologies in Ematology, Cardiology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Endocrinology. It also provides the fundamental knowledges concerning the diagnosis based on information deriving from the Laboratory.
The course of "Blood Diseases" is aimed to introduce students of the degree course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics to the main pathologies and syndromes of hematological and oncological interest, and their possible implications on the oral cavity.
The aim of the course of “Cardiovascular diseases” is to provide adequate knowledge about epi-demiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
The “Gastroenterology” teaching aims to provide dentistry students with essential information on the most important pathologies of gastroenterological competence: to assimilate the epidemiolo-gy and clinical manifestation of esophageal, gastric and duodenal diseases; to provide general knowledge of the diagnosis and therapy of irritable bowel syndrome; to provide knowledges con-cerning the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of upper and lower digestive bleeding; to intro-duce the fundamentals of endoscopic diagnosis and therapy and its potential complications;
The course of "Oncology" is aimed to provide an integral knowledge about cancer (biological ba-ses, clinical consequences, morphological characterization, surgical treatment, radiotherapy and medical treatments) and also about palliative care. At the end of the course, students will acquire the tools to understand the pathogenesis of cancers and their risk factors.
The teaching of "Endocrinological Diseases" aims to provide knowledges on the pathophysiology of the endocrine-metabolic system. The causes, pathophysiological mechanisms, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of the most important endocrine diseases will be analyzed, especially in relation to Dentistry.
The "Clinical Pathology" course aims to provide knowledge related to the role that the clinical la-boratory has in:
1) the identification and counting of the figurative elements of blood;
2) assessment of the patient's inflammatory status;
3) the study of jaundice;
4) monitoring of haemostasis;
5) evaluation of renal function;
6) the measurement of enzyme activity in human biological fluids;
7) the determination of blood levels of lipids and glucose and the significance of their alterations.