Program Overview

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GERIATRIA E GERONTOLOGIA

Program Overview

The program in Geriatria e Gerontologia is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the traditional topics in Geriatrics, including demography, epidemiology, theories of aging, and the effects of age on specific organs and tissues. The program also covers new challenges in traditional medicine that Geriatrics is facing and attempting to resolve.

Objectives and Contents

Educational Objectives

The program aims to provide students with the acquisition of specific language in the discipline, the ability to explain biological processes and physiology of aging, and the principles of Geriatrics and Gerontology. Students will learn to identify and manage the geriatric patient, including those with fragility, and understand nutritional concepts and hospital risks related to the diversity of the geriatric patient.

Teaching Methods

The course is held in the second year, second semester, through frontal lessons using slide projections.

Program/Content

The program covers the following topics:

• Demografia e biologia dell'invecchiamento
• Teorie dell'invecchiamento
• Fisiologia dell'invecchiamento
• Invecchiamento muscolo-scheletrico
• Il paziente anziano
• Il paziente geriatrico
• Nutrizione ed invecchiamento
• Rischi ospedalieri

Texts/Bibliography

The examination material will be made available on AulaWeb.

Instructors and Examination Commission

• Luca Tagliafico

Examination Commission

• Luca Tagliafico (President)
• Claudia Capurro
• Alessandro Consolaro
• Giuseppe Murdaca
• Anna Maria Riccio (President and Coordinator of the integrated course)

Lessons

Start of Lessons

Refer to the "Lesson schedule of the second year, second semester".

Exams

Examination Methods

The learning verification takes place in written form within the verification of the Integrated Course of which the discipline "Geriatria e Gerontologia" is part.

Examination Calendar

Date	Time	Location	Type	Notes
14/01/2026	10:00	Genova	Oral
11/02/2026	10:00	Genova	Oral
03/06/2026	10:00	Genova	Oral
08/07/2026	10:00	Genova	Oral
02/09/2026	10:00	Genova	Oral

Other Information

1. The exam cannot be taken if the relative propaedeuticity has not been respected.
2. Since these are integrated course exams, failing a single discipline requires repeating the entire exam.