Presentation
The Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences is one of two medical departments at Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna.
Structure and functions of DIMEC
The guiding principles on which DIMEC is based are the planning and rationalization of resources, the coordination of teaching activities, the enhancement of facilities, the testing of new research methodologies, and exchanges with other international research centers, departments, and local authorities.
The Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences carries out functions related to scientific research and training activities in various medical and scientific fields, promoting integration between disciplines and providing care and consulting services in agreement with the S. Orsola University Hospital.
The Department participates in the theoretical and practical undergraduate training offered by the single-cycle master's degree courses in Medicine and Surgery and Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, as well as the three-year and master's degrees in the medical, health, and biotechnology fields, the medical specialization schools, and the research doctorates.
History
The new Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC) was founded on January 1, 2023 from the merging of the Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine and the former Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences.
Both Departments were already the result of a consolidation process implemented in 2012 thanks to the contribution of numerous Professors, Researchers and Technical-Administrative staff previously belonging to various Departments of the then Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. Even then, the Guiding Principle was the desire to foster integration and cooperation between different research groups in both the clinical and biomedical areas, helping to identify common issues of particular scientific importance.
The New DIMEC has a history that goes back a long way, and its birth has now given rise to the largest Department in the health field among the Italian Universities: an impressive structure in terms of size, scientific production and clinical excellence that integrates all aspects of biomedical and translational research.
Mission
The New DIMEC aims to be the European leader for biomedical and translational research including the various aspects of prevention, diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation, as well as for training in these areas. The nerve centre for the research, training and assistance activities of the lecturers of the New DIMEC is the Policlinico di S.Orsola and the activity at the AUSL della Romagna is rapidly expanding.
The Disciplinary Areas of the New DIMEC are:
- Internal medicine and specialist medicine area
- General surgery and specialist surgery area
- Area of women's and children's health
- Diagnostic medicine area
- Translational medicine area
- Area of public health
Vision
The vision of the New DIMEC is summed up in the statement by the Rector, prof. Giovanni Molari:
"The desire to set up such a department testifies to an awareness of the complexity of the challenges that universities and public research centres face in biomedical and clinical research, challenges that drive us to pool our best energies and seek strong institutional collaborations".
In short, the goal is to achieve a synergy between care, research and training activities, with investment policies also in research infrastructures for large areas aimed at ambitious and long-term objectives with an impact in the Italian and European scenario. In order to achieve these objectives, collaboration with the other branches of the University of Bologna and with the stakeholders in the social-health field is strategic: the Emilia Romagna Region, the IRCCS AOU of Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, the AUSL of Bologna and Romagna and the Patients' Associations.
Mission
The New DIMEC aims to confirm its position as European leader in biomedical and translational research, including the various aspects of prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation, as well as training in these areas. The nerve center of the research, training, and assistance activities of the New DIMEC faculty is the Sant'Orsola Polyclinic, and activities at the Romagna Local Health Authority are rapidly expanding.