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GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS

CODE 67560
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 7 cfu during the 5th year of 8745 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA(LM-41) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/40
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 2° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    Gynecology is a fundamental part of the physician's preparation, who needs to know about the issues related to reproduction, pregnancy and birth, and female neoplasms.

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Aim of this course is gaining knowledge on the physiopathological, clinical and psycho-analytical issues concerning fertility and reproductive health, pregnancy and its evolution, giving birth in its complexity. The student will also have to acquire the ability to recognize the most common summaries of obstetrics and gynecology, focusing on basic preventive and therapeutic measures and identifying the conditions that need the specialist's professional support. The course includes the development of specific clinical skills and includes professional activities.

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    At the end of the course, the student must have gained knowledge of the physiopathological, clinical and psycho-analytical issues concerning female fertility and reproductive health, pregnancy and its evolution, the event of giving birth in its complexity. They will also have to acquire the ability to recognize the most common contexts of obstetrics and gynecology, focusing on the basic preventive and therapeutic measures and by identifying the conditions that need the professional expertise of the specialist.

    TEACHING METHODS

    lectures and seminars

    SImulation of procedures at the simulaiton center

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    the reproductive model in the human species from the biological and physiopathological point of view

    the factors and the main causes of infertility in the couple and resorting to therapeutic choices in collaboration with the specialist

    diagnostic framing and the treatment of chronic anovulation

    the main medical-assisted reproduction procedures; Addressing the choice and use of contraceptive methods

    risks and benefits of estroprogestin contraception

    the pathophysiological aspects of menopause and any related clinical issues

    morpho-functional basics of mother-fetal exchange and its alterations

    monitoring physiological pregnancy

    prenatal diagnostic procedures and related issues

    the issues that form a higher-risk pregnancy (hypertension, diabetes, maternal-fetal infections, fetal underdevelopment, premature labor)

    the main causes of reproductive failure in the first trimester of pregnancy (abortion, ectopic pregnancy)

    clinical cases responsible for bleeding in the third trimester of pregnancy (Placenta Previa, placenta detachment, C.I.D.)

    the phenomenology of childbirth, its factors and its clinical evolution

    the condition of labor

    maternal-fetal well-being monitoring parameters in labor

    caesarean sectional indications and the use of vaginal effectiveness procedures

    the main causes of post-partum pathology and post-partum disease

    conditions of puerperal pathology and its treatment

    the main clinical contexts of pelvic pain and the pathophysiological assumptions of endometriotic disease and its clinical manifestations

    the clinical and diagnostic problems of uterine fibroma and their treatment options

    differential diagnosis between abnormal genital bleeding in different periods of life

    the meaning and interpretation of the results of the screening of cervical carcinoma

    early diagnosis of major genital neoplasms

    the anatomic-functional alterations of the pelvic floor and their health implications

    the main types of surgical procedures in gynecology and the related indications

    gynecologic tumors from the anatomical, pathological and clinical point of view and the main evolutionary problems

     

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Pescetto, De Cecco, Pecorari, Ragni- Ginecologia e Ostetricia. SEU Editore Roma  (IV ed. 2009)

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    SERGIO COSTANTINI (President)

    SIMONE FERRERO (President)

    CLAUDIA MASSAROTTI (President)

    MARIO VALENZANO MENADA (President)

    ANGELO CAGNACCI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Written exam

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Written exam with 31 mutiple choice questions

    Marks are expressed in 30/30 , Each correct answer corrresponds to 1 mark . 31 correct answers correspond to 30/30 cum laude

    Results of the exam must be more than 18/30.