03467 - Endocrinology

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course student knows the bio-molecular bases of the control of hormonal secretion and of the growth of endocrine glands. Student also learnes pathophysiology and diagnostic approach of different diseases

Course contents

The topics of the course will be neuroendocrinology, thyroid, diabetes, adrenal and gonads; the significance and limit of the laboratory in the diagnosis and cure of endocrinological diseases.

Readings/Bibliography

The material will be provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching using slides. Interactive sessions focused on the discussion of clinical cases

Assessment methods

Written questions on the topics covered by the teacher. Attendance at lessons is fundamental in the learning and evaluation process

Teaching tools

Slides

Office hours

See the website of Alessandra Gambineri