BIOLOGY OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR: GENDER DIFFERENCES
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: ROSITA ANGELA CONDORELLIExpected Learning Outcomes
Basic formative targets:
· Fundamental knowledge of anatomy and physiology of endocrine and metabolic systems; Physiopathology of endocrine and metabolic disease onset; Main endocrine and metabolic diseases.
Formative targets of the class:
· Acquisition of the fundamental theoretical knowledge needed for comprehension of endocrine system diseases andrological diseases and metabolic diseases
· Acquisition of the knowledge related to functional and instrumental endocrine/metabolic semeiotic;
· Acquisition of the theoretical knowledge needed to recognize the main diseases which constitute endocrine and metabolic emergencies;
· Acquisition of the theoretical knowledge related to endocrine alterations responsible for defects of reproductive activity of male and female, including infectious, disendocrine, dismetabolic aspects;
· Acquisition of the theoretical knowledge related to diagnosis of tumor diseases of endocrine glands and hormone-dependent tumors;
· Acquisition of the theoretical knowledge related to epidemiology, prevention, differential diagnosis of the different forms of obesity and thinness;
· Acquisition of the theoretical knowledge relative to epidemiology and primary and secondary prevention, diagnosis of the various forms of diabetes mellitus, including childhood diabetes and gestational diabetes, and diagnostic prevention and multidisciplinary treatment of risk factors for chronic complications of diabetes (ocular, renal, cardiovascular, etc.);
Course Structure
Slide presentation.
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of chemistry, biochemistry, biology and physiology.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance at training activities is compulsory within the limits of at least 75% of the frontal and interactive frontal teaching activity of each course and at least 50% of each single logistic unit (module) of the course itself.
Detailed Course Content
Physiology of the male gonad
Analysis of seminal fluid
Testicular diseases
Erectile dysfunction
Premature ejaculation
Physiology of the female gonad
Amenorrhea
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Couple infertility
Pathophysiology of diabetic disease
Diabetes mellitus classification and guidelines
Clinical classification of diabetes mellitus
Acute complications of diabetes mellitus
Chronic complications diabetes mellitus
Behavioral and nutritional therapy in diabetes mellitus
Drug therapy and technology in diabetes mellitus
Anatomy and Physiology of the Thyroid
Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism
Goiter, thyroid nodule and thyroid tumors
Acute/subacute, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis
Thyroid during pregnancy
Adrenal diseases: hypofunction
Adrenal diseases: hyperfunction
Textbook Information
- Endocrinologia: Malattie del Metabolismo. IV Edizione. Giugliano e Autori vari. Edizioni Idelson-Gnocchi, Napoli, Maggio 2020. ISBN 8879476572
· - Uniendo. Lenzi A, Lombardi G, Martino E, Vigneri R. Minerva Medica. First Edition. 2010. ISBN 13978-88-7711-693-2
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam at the end of the course.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
What are the main parameters of seminal fluid?
How is BMI calculated?
How many forms of hypothyroidism do you know?