The course aims to provide students with examples of applied engineering in cutting-edge areas of medicine and surgery. The course includes a substantial contribution of doctors and surgeons. For each topic treated it is provided a brief introduction of anatomy and physiology, a description of pathologies and an updated review of the methods of diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of therapeutic efficacy .

Students at the end of the course must possess skills and abilities that enable them to interface with physicians and surgeons in particular in the fields of urology, radiotherapy, cardiology and plastic surgery.

Urological surgery
- Surgery of the affections of the prostate
- Bladder surgery
- Techniques for bladder reconstruction
- Instrumentation used in urological surgery
- Treatment of kidney stones and bladder
- Andrology. Erectile dysfunction
Radiotherapy
- Methods of irradiation for the treatment of cancer
- X-ray equipments (linear accelerators , cyclotrons , microtrons , etc.)
Interventionist cardiology
- Cardiac stimulation systems
- Defibrillation systems
- Signals record and display systems( ECGraphs - polygraphs )
- Catheter ablation systems
Reconstructive plastic surgery and treatment of burns
- Surgery in major burns
- Hemofiltration with central venous catheters
- The function of the Skin Bank., the principles of tissue engineering, stem cells and lipofilling
- Cutaneous expansion in reconstructive surgery
- Elements of microsurgery in reconstructive surgery

The course includes 60 hours of lectures

Copy of the slides used in class

Written exam with closed questions