Program Overview

GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED PEDIATRICS

Program Overview

The program presents key figures of the growth and development of the child, along with major pediatric diseases.

Aims and Content

Learning Outcomes

The program aims to provide students with the clinical and therapeutic basis of main diseases of children and adolescents and growth disturbances. Students will acquire a preparation that allows them to work in the child based on the pathophysiological characteristics of the pediatric age, up to adolescence.

Teaching Methods

The program features classroom lessons.

Syllabus/Content

• Recognize and classify the major congenital malformations, malformative syndromes, and chromosomal illnesses.
• Identify environmental, external, or intrauterine factors that may contribute to the event of malformations.
• Harmonic and disarmonic growth deficits and delays, hypopituitarism, and hypothyroidism.
• The child with recurrent infections and respiratory illness.
• The child with vomiting and diarrhea.
• Recognize diabetes in pediatric age and identify the preventive and social aspects of diabetes in pediatric age.
• Describe the evolutive characteristics of osteoarticular diseases and inflammatory diseases.
• The anemic and/or hemorrhagic baby.
• Hematuria.
• Describe, detect, and interpret psychomotor, cognitive, and relational development and identify early signs of mental retardation and cerebral palsy.
• Recognize the disorders of consciousness and convulsive states of early life.
• Classify pediatric epilepsy.
• Recognize and classify neuromuscolar disorders.
• Recognize the characteristics of endocranial hypertension.
• Identify the caloric and nutritional needs at different ages.
• Describe the general principles of pediatric pharmacology.
• Identify the disadvantages and contraindications for the use of pediatric medicines.
• Pediatric Emergency Principles.

Program Details

• Code: 67285
• Academic Year: 2025/2026
• Credits:
• Scientific Disciplinary Sector: MED/38
• Language: Italian
• Teaching Location: Genova
• Semester: 1° Semester
• Modules: This teaching is a module of Odontoiatria Pediatrica.

Teaching Materials

• AULAWEB

Teachers and Exam Board

• Teacher: Natascia Di Iorgi
• Exam Board:
  • Simone Ferrero (President)
  • Natascia Di Iorgi
  • Lodovica Tuo
  • Giorgio Alberti (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

Lessons

• The timetable for this course is available on the Portale EasyAcademy.