Medicine and Surgery, Technological Program

What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

The Master’s Degree Programme in Medicine and Surgery with a Technological Focus (MED-IT) prepares students to become medical doctors and surgeons.

The programme provides a solid clinical and surgical education, complemented by technological skills supporting the modern medical practice.

Graduates are trained to take care for patients throughout prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, using healthcare technologies in a safe, appropriate, and effective manner.

MED-IT physician acquires strong knowledge in basic medical sciences (biology, biochemistry, genetics, anatomy, and physiology), in the understanding of disease mechanisms, and in evidence-based clinical methodology, with attention to individual variability and gender differences.

The curriculum also includes training in clinical technologies, biomedical instrumentation, and medical devices used in patient diagnosis and care, enabling graduates to work effectively in highly complex healthcare settings.

Students may also obtain a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering by earning an additional 40 ECTS credits.

What do you learn?

The Degree Programme provides students with the knowledge and skills required to practice as a medical doctor and surgeon, enabling them to collect and interpret clinical information and to make appropriate decisions for diagnosis, treatment, and disease prevention.

The training is based on biomedical and medical sciences, evidence-based clinical methodology, ethical principles, and a correct doctor–patient relationship.

Students learn to work while considering both individual patient needs and healthcare system constraints, with responsible use of available resources and technologies.

Practical training plays a central role and includes pre-clinical, clinical, and professional internships carried out at the University Hospital, affiliated healthcare facilities, and general practitioners’ offices.

These activities allow students for acquiring practical and communication skills and working within multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

Along with the medical education, the programme also includes biomedical engineering topics, enabling future physicians to understand and use clinical technologies, biomedical equipment, medical software, and diagnostic support systems, including those based on Artificial Intelligence.

What can you do with it?

The Master’s Degree Programme trains a medical doctor and surgeon, fully qualified to practice medicine, with comprehensive clinical and surgical education complemented by advanced skills for working in highly technological healthcare environments.

Graduates acquire a strong medical, clinical, and scientific background, enhanced by interdisciplinary knowledge in biomaterials, biomechanics, medical informatics, healthcare hardware and software technologies, regenerative medicine, and mechanical, electronic, and robotic biomedical devices.

These competencies enable the medical doctor and surgeon to contribute effectively to diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and healthcare management, also through the informed use of innovative medical technologies.

Career opportunities include public and private healthcare facilities within the National Health Service, outpatient clinics, universities and research centres, healthcare service management bodies, national and international health organizations, as well as pharmaceutical, biomedical, and biotechnology companies.

The Master’s Degree grants access to national Medical Specialization Schools.