Physiology

The course aims to provide a deep preparation on the functions of organ systems, as well as their integrated view, as an assumption to the study of diseases affecting the human body. Great attention will be paid to the description of physiological mechanisms at cellular and molecular level as a possible target of pharmacological therapies.
The theoretical and practical knowledge in physiology will be mainly forwarded through a logical, rather than mnemonic, and 'problem solving' approaches and a correct technical terminology that would allows students to effectively talk in the medical-scientific field moving to the following educational path.
Moreover, the course aims to provide an advanced scientific background to implement the professional skills by stimulating health-care informant abilities to general public, so that they can represent a connection among patients, doctors and public health structures, proposing healthy lifestyles as well as providing expertise for the management of pathophysiological and/or physiotherapeutic issues.

After course completion, the student should have gained basic and advanced skills on the functions of the human body, in an integrated view of the biological mechanisms involved.
The course is also expected to develop in the student:
- abilities as well as disciplinary and methodological skills, which will enable the student to understand the biological aspects of the next professionalizing courses and to face and solve logical problems related to biological needs and their possible alterations;
- cross-sector skills, like study strategies to improve learning abilities;
- adequate communication skills and medical-scientific terminology, to establish a link among patients, doctors and the public health facilities.