The first year is aimed at providing conceptual and methodological models of the four areas of competence of the graduate degree:

• Research and Innovation Area: methods of medical and social statistics, critical analysis of the literature, research methodology and evidence-based health practice;
• Area of Nursing and Midwifery: Theory and Philosophy of Sciences Nursing and Midwifery Sciences and Bioethical and Anthropological Insights
• Organization and Management Area: principles and methods of health economics and planning, in-depth study of administrative and labor law
• Training and education area: theoretical models of social psychology, group psychology, adult learning theories and tutorial methodologies. Internship/traineeship experiences are planned aimed at the development of projects, consistent with the educational objectives of the course of study.

The second year is aimed at applying and contextualizing the theoretical models and methodologies learned in the four areas of expertise of the graduate degree and with specific reference to future work contexts:

    Research and Innovation Area: analysis of studies of organizational, pedagogical and clinical-professional    research and training in the deduction of implications for practice;

    Nursing and midwifery care area: in-depth study of relevant care and     obstetric processes in order to design innovative models with a strong impact on the     quality of care for users;

    Organization and management area: in-depth study of the strategies for the direction and management     of professional and health services based on criteria of efficiency and effectiveness, human resources     management, design of organizational integration tools and evaluation of the quality     of services;

    Training and education area: in-depth study of the design and management of basic and advanced training systems     specific to the nursing and midwifery professions and continuing education activities     . Internship/traineeship experiences are planned aimed at the development of     projects, consistent with the educational objectives of the course of study.

During the course of study there are activities for the deepening of the English language. The courses in the various scientific-disciplinary sectors are carried out, according to needs, with:

a) lectures to deepen the specific knowledge of the different disciplines;

b) theoretical-practical exercises to provide the graduate with a solid operational training and the ability to apply the different knowledge;

c) laboratory and internship activities (carried out with at least 30 ECTS with the supervision and guidance of specially assigned professional tutors, coordinated by a teacher belonging to the highest level of training required for the profile) to provide the graduate with considerable practical preparation that puts him in a position to easily enter the world of work. The internship can be carried out at Faculty facilities, public and private health authorities, as well as stays at other Italian or foreign universities, also within the framework of national and international agreements;

d) seminars for the in-depth study of particular themes of the various disciplines