Medicine: the first practice exercises ahead of the exams are now available online

With the start of the term, the first exercises covering the topics in the syllabus for the open semester are now available online on the platform www.semestreaperto-medodovet.it the first practice exercises covering the topics in the syllabus for the open intake period for admission to the degree courses in Medicine and Surgery, Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, and Veterinary Medicine.

The questions made available to students relate to the teaching modules for the three subjects covered in the open semester: Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Introductory Biochemistry. Topics include, amongst others, the fundamentals of the biological and molecular organisation of life and the cellular mechanisms of genetic information transmission; methods in physics and mechanics; the structure of the atom; chemical bonds; and the states of matter.

The exercises enable students to assess their progress on an ongoing basis throughout the semester and complement the other teaching resources already available on the platform, such as online courses (MOOCs) and exercises testing prior knowledge.

The range of resources will be expanded over the coming weeks, in line with the progress of lectures at universities, with new questions covering the additional topics set out in the syllabuses. From November, mock exams will also be available, modelled on the exams scheduled at the end of the open semester, with a similar number of questions and time limits to those of the actual exams.

The platform, which is entirely free of charge, is promoted by the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) and has been developed by the CISIA Inter-University Consortium. Launched on 1 July with the first tools to help students prepare for the open semester, it has so far recorded several million page views and over 26,000 registered users.