The teaching of Obstetrics and Gynecology contributes to the realization of the educational objective of the Degree Course in Nursing Sciences, providing students with the notions of pathophysiology and clinical management of the main pathologies of the female genital tract, of the reproductive function and of pregnancy. In these areas the student must acquire knowledge of the diagnostic techniques necessary for the correct clinical classification of the patient with gynecological or obstetric problems. The student must also know the medical and surgical therapies to be used in the treatment of the aforesaid pathologies. With regard to the obstetric part, the objectives are to provide the knowledge related to the physiologic pregnancy, to the etiopathogenesis, to the pathophysiology and to the clinic of the different pathologies that can arise during pregnancy, during labor and delivery and during the puerperium.