FAD Course with CME credits

Course Objectives.

FAD course, structured in 4 modules usable over a 12-month period.

The course is aimed at training medical professionals and all health professions.

The goal is to provide basic and specialized knowledge of metabolomics that at the end of the course will enable learners to appropriately request metabolic investigations from specialist laboratories and correctly interpret the results.

Sinopsis

In the era of transition from the reductionist Oslerian approach (an approach that narrows the scope of investigation to symptoms related to the pathology of an organ) to the holistic approach (a view of disease as a set of factors and noxes that give rise to symptomatology), the role of omics sciences is crucial.

There is no doubt that the reductionist approach has been and is an effective method that has made it possible to eradicate many diseases and cure patients; however, the rapid growth of knowledge in molecular biology, pathophysiology, and the development of new advanced biotechnologies now make available a massive set of data (so-called big data) that allows for the analysis of the various components that characterize the pyramid of life (genetics, epigenetics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, microbiomics, and the environment).

The integration of all these data constitutes the ”individual molecular identity card“ and is a key element in individualized and precision medicine (a whole is much more than the sum of its individual parts).

Metabolomics, the omics science that identifies and measures metabolites in a given human, animal, or environmental biological matrix, plays a primary role because it provides real-time information about what is happening in an organism at a given time.

In other words, if genetics provides information about predisposition to a particular biological phenomenon (e.g., familial hypercholesterolemia), metabolomics informs what direct and indirect effects hypercholesterolemia is producing in an individual.

Metabolomics delineates the molecular phenotype and enables identification of individual response to therapy and risk of adverse outcomes.

Ultimately, two aspects appear to be crucial: early disease prevention and identification of the individual metabolic profile (phenotype or metabotype) for the development of individualized therapies.

Target audience

The course is intended for physicians, biologists, dietitians, pharmacists and all health professions.

Purpose of the advanced course (Why enroll?).

Medicine is evolving rapidly and increasingly using new knowledge and new approaches that result in longer life spans and improved care and survival.

This requires the constant and qualified updating of professionals in the medical and care area, in the interest of patients.

The purpose of this advanced course is to provide entry-level training in 2 main subject areas: the biomolecular area and the biomedical area, including the nutritional area.