At the end of the course the student knows the interrelationships that exist between the content of the basic sciences and the clinical sciences. The student understands the complexity that is typical of both the state of health and that of the sick person. The student knows the etiologic factors responsible for the alterations of cell function
and pathogenetic mechanisms of cellular and the molecular basis of disease processes. The student is also capable of
frame the pathological phenomena in relation to the interaction between etiologic factors and pathogenic mechanisms at the level of organs and systems.