In Bologna video filming continues, preparing the launch of the MOOC

“Mona Lisa Smile” develops a digital training (MOOCS) and a specific app, and addresses the needs of education and training of health professionals on endometriosis in adolescence, with the aim of reducing the diagnostic delay.

The project takes its name from a famous study that compared the presence of endometriosis in the adolescent young woman to a Mona Lisa smile, with a mysterious innocence.

The University of Bologna is the project coordinator, with the support of 5 European partners:

• University of Siena in Italy
• University of Liège in Belgium
• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
• Skåne University Hospital in Sweden.

Endometriosis diagnostic delay is estimated to be around 7 years, despite the early symptoms onset. Early diagnosis, in particular in adolescents, still represents a challenge for clinicians. The diagnostic delay is probably due to an inadequate knowledge of the disease among health professionals, together with the peculiar aspects of this condition in adolescent patients. The complaints are common and elicit compassion, but do not stimulate a search for the cause.