Symptoms and signs of respiratory disease:
• to address the symptoms and the signs of respiratory disease commonly encountered by the pulmonologist
• to address the principles of thoracic imaging
• to address the principles of bronchial endoscopy
Lung function tests
• to understand the significance of the most important pulmonary function tests (spirometry, lung volume measurement, bronchodilator response, diffusing capacity, bronchoprovocation and measurements of arterial blood gases)
Obstructive pulmonary disease:
• to review the current definition of asthma and COPD
• to understand the epidemiology, the pathology and pathophysiology of asthma and COPD
• to learn the clinical presentation and to address the diagnosis of asthma and COPD
Pneumonia and Interstitial lung diseases:
• to review the epidemiology, the clinical features and the diagnostic methods of comunity-acquired pneumonia and nosocomial pneumonia
• to describe the salient epidemiologic, clinical, physiologic, and radiologic features of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis

Neuromuscular diseases:
• to describe the salient epidemiologic and clinical features of neuromuscular diseases, with special reference to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Respiratory failure:
• to review the definition and to understand the pathophysiologic classification
• to describe the clinical presentation and the therapeutical approach
Sleep apnea syndrome:
• to understand the definition, the epidemiology, the pathophysiology, the clinical presentation and the therapeutical approach, with special reference to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.