Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of Genoa offers a comprehensive program in Prevention in Gynecology and Obstetrics, providing students with theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of gynecological and obstetric care.

Program Details

• Code: 67808
• Academic Year: 2025/2026
• CFU: 7 CFU for the first year
• Language: Italian
• Location: Genoa

Propaedeuticity

This course is propaedeutic for several other courses, including:

• OBSTETRICS 9278 (cohort 2025/2026)
• PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT AND FORENSIC MEDICINE 68068
• PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION 67965
• INTERNSHIP I YEAR 70708
• SECOND YEAR INTERNSHIP 70709
• GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE 67951
• THE BIRTH 68008
• INTERNSHIP III YEAR 70710
• HEALTH SCIENCES 67813
• THE RESEARCH 73121
• GYNECOLOGY 68090
• PREGNANCY 67991
• OBSTETRIC PATHOLOGY: PREGNANCY AND BIRTH 68045

Modules

This course is composed of the following modules:

• GYNECOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE
• HYGIENE (PREVENTION)
• CLINICAL METHODOLOGY AND MEDICAL SEMEIOTICS
• GENERAL PEDAGOGY AND PEDAGOGY APPLIED TO HEALTH PREVENTION

Educational Objectives

The program aims to:

• Promote healthy lifestyles through educational processes in health promotion for individuals and communities.
• Provide knowledge of basic medical semiotics maneuvers.
• Identify and apply nursing interventions, identify the main responsibilities of the obstetrician in prevention, and recognize risk factors.
• Acquire fundamental knowledge related to the general science of education and cultural training of the human being.

Detailed Educational Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Know the concepts of prevention and related tools
• Know the basis of the reconditioning process of multi-use medical devices
• Know the anatomy of the pelvic floor, risk factors for the onset of dysfunctions, and various techniques for treatment
• Know the physiology of menopause and acquire competencies to provide appropriate health education for the prevention of risks related to this phase of a woman's life
• Know the screening of cervical cancer and mammography in its diagnostic-therapeutic process
• Know and prevent sexually transmitted diseases
• Plan, organize, and conduct a sexual education intervention in schools according to good health education practices
• Impose and execute a basic care plan addressed to the obstetric-gynecological patient who is not or partially self-sufficient with the production and use of related checklists
• Know the techniques and purposes of infection prevention methods
• Know the purpose, meaning, and execution technique of the main general and specific obstetric-gynecological diagnostic or instrumental exams
• Maintain, enhance, and promote the health of the individual and the community through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
• Apply pedagogical knowledge to health prevention

Teaching Methods

Since this integrated course consists of different teachings, reference is made to the teaching methods of the specific teaching.

Program/Content

The program covers:

• General concepts of prevention
• General concepts on the reconditioning of multi-use medical devices
• The pelvic floor - prevention of dysfunctions
• Menopause - definition - health education: the role of the obstetrician
• Prevention of tumors in the female sphere: the role of the obstetrician in the execution of screening tests
• Regional screening programs for cervical cancer and mammography
• Health education
• Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases
• Execution of diagnostic tests
• Sexual education in schools, contraception

Texts/Bibliography

Reference is made to the bibliography of the specific teaching.

Teachers and Commissions

• GIANCARLO ALESSANDRO ICARDI
• ILARIA BARBIERI
• AMBROGIO PIETRO LONDERO
• BARBARA BACHIS
• GERARDINA D'AMBROSIO

Examination Commission

• BARBARA BACHIS (President)
• ILARIA BARBIERI
• GERARDINA D'AMBROSIO
• GIANCARLO ALESSANDRO ICARDI
• AMBROGIO PIETRO LONDERO (President and Coordinator of the integrated course)

Lessons

• Start of Lessons: See the calendar published on Aulaweb
• Lesson Schedule: The schedule for this teaching is available at the EasyAcademy portal

Exams

• Exam Method: Multiple-choice written exam
• Assessment Method: The student must correctly answer 75% of the questions
• Exam Calendar:
  • Date: 01/07/2026, Time: 14:00, Location: Genoa, Type: Written + Oral
  • Date: 02/06/2026, Time: 12:00, Location: Genoa, Type: Written + Oral
  • Date: 03/06/2026, Time: 14:00, Location: Genoa, Type: Written + Oral
  • Date: 02/07/2026, Time: 12:00, Location: Genoa, Type: Written + Oral
  • Date: 03/09/2026, Time: 12:00, Location: Genoa, Type: Written + Oral