Transgenerational medicine and gendered aging

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Classroom lectures, flipped lectures, case studies, journal clubs and seminars.

Learning Outcomes

The present course will help the student to navigate into the biopsychosocial aspects of aging, pinpointing all the elements associated with gender throughout the life course of individuals (epidemiology of diseases, pathophysiology of conditions, differences in symptomatology and clinical presentations, pharmacological response). In addition, the students will learn how reproductive history modulates several components of health and diseases from intrauterine life to menopause and beyond, in order to capture the key-concept of transgenerational medicine, an essential part of care (prevention and treatment) of healthy individuals across the life span and in aging people.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- 1. Basics about gender in research and practice;
- 2. Sex-specific differences in normal human function and impact of age, hormones, and environment on the incidence and outcome of illness;
- 3. Medical conditions in a gender perspective;
- 4. Caring for people taking into account gender;
- 5. Hormonal and pharmacological aspects across life;
- 6. Including sex and gender as a variable in research study
- 7. Reproductive milestones in females and gender differences;
- 8. Intrauterine life as a determinant of future health.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Oral presentations: 10.0%
Exam: 90.0%

Bibliography

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Editor: Marianne Legato, Elsevier.