The teaching of the History of Medicine in Italian universities is included in the Scientific Sector Guidelines
Med02 (History of Medicine, Bioethics, Medical Pedagogy, Paleopathology, Scientific Museology) and is provided
to students of various medical and surgical degree courses – the three-year degree and master’s programs .
At the crossroads with the historical and bioethical teachings, this area of study is not simply part of the student’s
cultural enrichment, due to the fact that the history of medicine today proves to be increasingly fundamental in