Educational Objectives
The single-cycle Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery aims to provide the scientific basis and the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for carrying out the medical profession. The Degree Course aims to train a medical professional with a bio-psycho-social culture, who possesses a multidisciplinary and integrated vision of the most common problems of health and disease; a level of professional, decision-making and operational autonomy that allows to exercise all the roles envisaged by the organization of health systems; the methodological bases for addressing the subsequent levels of specialist training, research activity in all sectors of the bio-medical area, and permanent training courses.
The training course is oriented to the community and the territory, to the prevention of disease, and to the promotion of health, with specific attention to the human and ethical implications of the medical profession.
The Degree Course, which lasts 6 years, provides for a total of 360 credits, of which at least 60 to be acquired in training activities aimed at developing specific professional skills. The student's training course takes place over two three-year periods, the first focused on the knowledge of biological aspects and basic sciences and the second with a prevalent clinical and professional orientation, although professional activities are also carried out during the first three years. The Degree Course is organized in 12 semesters and 36 integrated courses. The student is required to attend formal, non-formal and practical educational activities. The type and methods of the assessment are established by the Course Regulations of the degree program. The Course includes clinical internships at hospitals and general practitioners. The student has 16 credits for the preparation of the degree thesis and the final exam.
The final examination of the of the Degree Course, belonging to the LM-41 class in Medicine and Surgery, has the value of a State examination enabling the exercise of the profession of Surgeon, after passing the practical-evaluation internship as an integral and qualifying part of the professional training, as governed by the decree of the Minister of Education, University and Research, May 9th, 2018, n. 58.
The Degree Course supports International mobility, offering the possibility of spending periods of study and internship abroad to enrich one's training experience in an international context. The University has numerous mobility agreements in place with universities and institutions, both European and non-European, and participates in all the main International mobility programs.
The University has recently established the MD / PhD path of excellence for deserving students enrolled in the Degree Courses of the School of Medicine and Surgery, which provides for an excellent training path that combines the didactic activity of the Degree Program with research activities from the second to the sixth year of the Course, with the possibility of carrying out stages at prestigious National or International research institutes. In the context of post-graduate training, the attainment of the title allows access to Postgraduate Schools in the healthcare area, to PhDs in the biomedical area, to Masters and Advanced Courses.
