Emergency Medicine

The doctors in training will acquire theoretical, scientific and professional skills in pathophysiology, initial
patient evaluation, clinical and therapeutic approaches to medical, surgical and trauma emergencies, as
well as in the management of local and disaster emergencies. 

With this specialization, the trainees will gain deeper understanding of the biological and genetic foundations of diseases and of pharmacological treatments and procedures, and develop skills in critical diagnostics, clinical reasoning and resource management. 

The programme aims to make the trainees fully prepared for the practice of emergency medicine, with the ability to: manage out-of-hospital rescues, diagnose and stabilise critical patients, define intervention priorities, manage airways, plan transfers, inform patients, communicate effectively with families and co-workers and apply the ethical, legal and organisational principles of the integrated emergency system.