Midwifery

Graduates in Obstetrics are health professionals who carry out activities aimed at the prevention, treatment and protection of women's health by carrying out their functions identified by the rules establishing the relevant professional profile as well as the specific code of ethics and using planning methodologies for obstetric, gynecological and neonatal care objectives. The student in obstetrics must acquire knowledge and skills regarding sexual/reproductive events related to the biological cycle of women, from adolescence to climacteric. Applying the knowledge of psychology and pedagogy acquired, he/she must be able to manage the relationship with the woman in pregnancy, labor/delivery, puerperium and with the woman undergoing surgery for benign and malignant pathology of the genital system. At the end of the course, he/she must be able to work in multidisciplinary teams with ethics and responsibility. In fact, the student in the first year deals with the basic disciplines with the general objective of acquiring an adequate preparation, such as to allow him both the best understanding of the most relevant elements, individual and gender, which reside at the basis of the physiological processes and transit to pathology - to which his preventive, diagnosis/support/maintenance of physiology and complementary intervention is aimed - and the maximum integration, cultural and welfare, with other disciplines. Basic activities include Preparatory Sciences and Biomedical Sciences. In the second year of the course, the general objective is to acquire knowledge on the physiological phenomena of the obstetric, gynaecological and neonatal areas, drawing on the disciplinary areas of Obstetric Sciences (Med/47), Medical-Surgical Sciences, Prevention, Interdisciplinary and Clinical Sciences for the characterizing activities. In the third year of the course, the general objective is to teach the student the pathological phenomena and the related treatment processes in obstetrics, gynecology and neonatology, drawing on the disciplinary areas of Medical-Surgical Sciences, Obstetric Sciences (Med/47), Interdisciplinary and Clinical Sciences, Prevention, Health Management, Human and Psycho-pedagogical Sciences for the characterizing activities.