Head of Department: Prof. Michele Cicala
Duration: 4 years
The specialist in Gastroenterology must have acquired, at the end of the training course, scientific knowledge and practical-professional skills in:
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Pathophysiology
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Clinic and therapy of diseases and tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas
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Pathophysiology of digestion, nutrition and hepatic metabolism (abdominal ultrasound, endoscopy, etc.)
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Pharmacological, immunological, instrumental and nutritional therapy of non-neoplastic and neoplastic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas and the rehabilitation of patients affected by them
- Execution of endoscopy procedures of the digestive tract, both diagnostic and therapeutic, and other instrumental diagnostic procedures within the competence of the gastroenterologist
