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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences

Institutional Contacts and Working Groups

Delegation of authority for cross-cutting issues of special relevance.

Teaching

Purpose: With the closure of the School of Medicine and Surgery, the Department's Teaching Delegate has taken on the responsibilities formerly held by the School with regard to the coordination of degree programs and teaching innovation. The aim is to ensure quality and innovation in educational programs, responding to students' needs and improving learning processes.

Delegates:

  • Prof. Fernando Rizzello acts as the Director's representative for degree courses in Nursing and Health Professions, with the aim of enhancing the professions and promoting career prospects consistent with the expectations of professionals, the evolution of specializations, and the new demands of the labor market.
  • Prof. Fabrizio De Ponti acts as a reference point for the quality system and functioning of teaching.

Workgroup: Prof. Davide Agnoletti, Prof.ssa Monica Forni, Prof.ssa Maria Ida Gobbini, Prof. Riccardo Masetti, Prof. Roberto Rimondini Giorgini, Prof. Fernando Rizzello, Prof.ssa Ilaria Tarricone, Prof. Davide Treré

Interdepartmental Working Group on “Delivery/Interactive” Teaching

Purpose:

  • To support teachers and students in the transition to the NEW MEDICINE AND SURGERY CURRICULUM pursuant to Ministerial Decree 1649/2023 (2025/26)
  • To inform and train teachers of the 4 Medicine and Surgery courses interested in introducing delivery/interactive teaching (as approved by the Departments in December 2024)
  • To help students better integrate the knowledge acquired in the various disciplines, supporting greater awareness of the most appropriate study method for preparing for first-year exams
  • To provide an opportunity for reflection on the program covered in classroom teaching hours

Contact: Prof. Fabrizio De Ponti (Chair of the Interdepartmental Committee for the Medical Area, Contact Person)

Working group: Prof. Alessandro Silvani; Prof. Fernando Rizzello; Prof. Paola Taddei; Prof. Cristina Caliceti; Prof. Silvia Cetrullo; Prof. Antonio Gangemi; Prof. Catia Giovannini; Prof. Irene Faenza , dr. Giuseppe Rana (SAM); Elisa Fiocco (Student Representatives); Pietro Baldassin (Student Representatives)

Orientation Interdepartmental Guidance Committee

Purpose: To coordinate guidance activities between the two departments in order to provide students with more effective and targeted support upon entry and exit.

Delegates:

Interdepartmental Commission for the Evaluation of Teaching Assignments

Purpose: Following the closure of the School of Medicine and Surgery, the evaluation of teaching assignments is now managed by an interdepartmental commission (DIMEC/DIBINEM), with the aim of ensuring efficiency and transparency in the distribution of assignments.

Delegate: Prof. Roberta Bonfiglioli

Working group: Prof. Francesca Bisulli; Prof. Andrea Bolognesi; Prof. Elisabetta Ciani; Prof. Paola Forti; Prof. Monica Martoni; Prof. Rocco Maurizio Zagari

Postgraduate schools

Purpose: To coordinate and improve the training activities of Specialization Schools, ensuring high-quality teaching in line with the guidelines set by the Regional Steering Committee and taking into account the regional agreement on specialization schools.

Delegate

Research

Purpose: To promote and coordinate the Department's research activities, encouraging national and international collaborations and ensuring a high level of scientific impact. The dual mandate is defined taking into account the necessary scientific, disciplinary, preclinical, and clinical correspondence and aggregation of the department.

Delegates

Working group

Research Commissions

BIR group

Purpose: To improve the quality and impact of departmental research through funding management and strategic planning.

Marco Polo group

Purpose: To encourage the international mobility of researchers and doctoral students and strengthen scientific collaborations with foreign institutions.

VRA/VQR/RFO group

Purpose: To monitor research quality and ensure the effectiveness of evaluation and funding processes.

Internationalization

Purpose: Promotes the international dimension of the department's activities (teaching, research, third mission), encouraging agreements and collaborations with foreign universities and institutions. Enhances international experiences in the educational and scientific curriculum.

Delegate

Communication

Delegate

Working group

  • Technical members:  dott.ssa Barbara Neri, dott.ssa Monica Dibilio, dott.ssa Elisa Ferrini, dott. Lorenzo Simone Guidelli Guidi.

Third mission and public engagement

Delegates

Departmental quality assurance

Departmental QA Group

Members: prof. Gianandrea Pasquinelli; prof. Giovanni Barbara; prof. Lorenzo Montanaro; prof.ssa Caterina Garone; prof. Fabrizio De Ponti; prof. Fernando Rizzello; prof. Igor Diemberger; prof.ssa Marina Tadolini; Dott.ssa Daniela Taccone; Sig. Giacomo Cappiello

Assist the work of the QA Committee

Dott.ssa Diletta Conte; dott.ssa Manuela Vici; Dott.ssa Barbara Neri

Student Representative

Purpose: to support dialogue with students, focusing on their needs, monitoring issues and requirements related to academic life, facilitating institutional relations between its various components, evaluating and supporting cultural and political proposals defined by the University and the Department in favor of students; supporting actions aimed at ensuring the effective enjoyment of the right to education, both in terms of access to university courses and in terms of educational success.

Delegate: Prof. Annalisa Astolfi

Programming roles

Purpose: To plan the recruitment and distribution of academic staff based on the strategic needs of the Department.

Members:  prof. Giovanni Barbara; prof.ssa Caterina Garone; prof. Lorenzo Montanaro; prof. Gaetano La Manna

AVA3 (interdepartmental)

Purpose: To implement the teaching evaluation system and improve the quality of training.

Chair

Members

Equity, inclusion, diversity

Purpose: The Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Delegation aims to promote an inclusive university culture, encourage policies of equity and respect for diversity, improve accessibility and well-being, and support participation in awareness-raising and training initiatives on the subject. This commitment is intertwined with the Delegation for Students with Disabilities and SLDs, which aims to monitor and support initiatives concerning the integration of students with disabilities and SLDs by promoting awareness of the culture of disability and SLDs, including by promoting knowledge and dissemination of initiatives aimed at students; guaranteeing the right to study and equal opportunities for training, study, and research for individuals with disabilities and SLDs; monitoring the effectiveness of the services offered and mediating with the teaching staff, department representatives, and TA staff to verify the effectiveness of the services provided and resolve any problems encountered.

Delegate

Building

Purpose: To act as a direct reference point for the Director for the mapping, management, and allocation of spaces in relation to meeting the Department's priorities in terms of redefining the skills that require intervention in the reorganization of spaces.

Delegates

Data sharing and privacy

Purpose: To promote responsible, secure, and transparent management of data produced and processed within the Department, in compliance with current legislation on the protection of personal data (GDPR and Privacy Code). The delegation aims to:

  • Promote the dissemination of a culture of data protection among teaching, research, technical-administrative staff, and students based on the University's guidelines on the subject
  • Coordinate data sharing initiatives in a manner consistent with the principles of Open Science, while ensuring the protection of sensitive data confidentiality.

Delegate

Technological innovation

Purpose: To implement innovative technologies for teaching and research.

Delegate

Open Science

Purpose: Open Science is a movement that aims to exploit the potential of digital technology and the internet to disseminate and share research results, particularly basic research, without barriers. It is based on the principles of transparency, reproducibility, inclusion, fairness, equity, and collaboration, with the aim of making research more sustainable, rigorous, and accountable. It seeks to extend the principle of Open Access not only to scientific publications, but also to methodologies, data, and research tools.

Delegate

Scientific referee - Aula Manichini

Purpose: Coordinate the use of the simulation room and mannequins for teaching and training activities, collaborating with teachers to plan and organize practical exercises. Ensure the proper functioning of equipment and mannequins, reporting any malfunctions or maintenance needs.

- prof. Davide Festi (PAM)

Agreements with Brown University

Delegate

Romagna

Purpose: To act as a direct liaison for the Director, ensuring coordination for the Presidium on the Medicine degree courses in Forlì and Ravenna, forecasting teaching and research space requirements at the degree course locations, and preliminary discussions on the university's position on the Romagna Salute project.

Delegates

- prof.ssa Mirella Falconi

- prof. Franco Stella

Teaching Assignments Evaluation Committee (interdepartmental)

Delegate

Working group: prof.ssa Francesca Bisulli; prof. Andrea Bolognesi; prof.ssa Elisabetta Ciani; prof.ssa Paola Forti; prof. Mario Lima; prof.ssa Monica Martoni; prof. Rocco Maurizio Zagari