General and physical semiotics of the respiratory system:

- acquisition of skills regarding the semiotics of the respiratory system (collection of medical history and execution of physical examination)
- acquisition of the main notions regarding pulmonary function tests (simple spirometry, measurement of lung volumes, pulmonary diffusion tests, bronchostimulation tests with methacholine, blood gas analysis)
- acquisition of the main notions regarding the main radiological tests
- acquisition of the main notions regarding bronchial endoscopy

Bronchial asthma:

- acquisition of the main notions regarding definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical and diagnosis and differential diagnosis (with particular reference to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

- acquisition of the main notions regarding definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinic and diagnosis and differential diagnosis (with particular reference to bronchial asthma)

Pneumonia:

- acquisition of the main notions regarding the definition, classification, with particular reference to the epidemiological one, the clinical aspects of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia

Diffuse interstitial lung diseases:

- acquisition of the main notions regarding the definition, classification, with particular reference to the etiology, the clinical-radiological aspects of idiomatic interstitial pneumonia and sarcoidosis

Respiratory failure:

- acquisition of the main notions regarding the definition, the pathophysiological classification (alveolar-capillary diffusion, shunts, ventilation/fusion, pulmonary hypoventilation) and the therapeutic bases

Sleep apnea syndrome:

- acquisition of the main notions regarding the definition, epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical framework and therapeutic bases, with particular reference to the obstructive form.

Tuberculosis:

- acquisition of the main notions regarding the definition, with particular reference to the epidemiological one, and the clinical aspects