AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

It will be possible to acquire notions and skills relating to medical and psychological aspects, counseling and the therapeutic approach to infertility. 

TEACHING METHODS

Interactive Frontal Lessons. 

Infertility Laboratory Interaction.

Revision of Literature.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

INFERTILITY AND STERILITY 

DEFINITIONS

CAUSES OF INFERTILITY

FEMALE INFERTILITY

MALE INFERTILITY

INFERTILITY FROM UNEXPLAINED CAUSES 

THE CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE INFERTILITY PROBLEM

DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS OF A COUPLE ACCESSING AN INFERTILITY CENTER

MEDICAL HISTORY

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

FIRT LEVEL SUVERYS FOR WOMEN 

SECOND LEVEL SURVEYS FOR WOMEN

MEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR MEN 

THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES 

INDUCTION OF OVULATION

LAW N° 40 OF 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS : RULES REGARDING MEDICALLY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

MINOR THECHNIQUES : ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION : THE MAJOR THECNIQUES 

IVF ( in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer) 

ICSI ( intracytoplasmic sperm injection) 

THE RISKS OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

THE CRYO-PRESERVETION OF OVA  AND EMBRYOS 

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF COUPLES DURING THE PATH OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION 

THE SOLITUDE OF INFERTILITY

WHEN ASSISTED FERTILIZATION TREATMENT FAILS

ROLE OF THE MIDWIFE IN AN INFERTILITY CENTER 

COUNSELING FOR INFERTILITY COUPLES 

PRECONCEPTIONAL EXAMINATIONS

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Didatic Material provided by the teacher. 

Giuseppe Pescetto; Luigi De Cecco, Domenico Pecorari, Nicola Ragni, Ginecologia e Ostetricia seconda ristampa, Roma, Società editrice universo, 2004. ISBN 88-87753-49-0