Learning objectives
Hygiene: allow students to know and understand the tools and the main methodology to develop and use the own and specific concepts of hygiene in the prevention of infectious and non infectious diseases in hospital and non-hospital setting.
Allow students to know and understand the main principles of medicine and labor law deepening and analyzing these disciplines in relation to the employment
Among the competences acquired, students will be able to:
-develop self-analysis of certain health risk factors, both individual and collective prevention strategies , and of interventions to promote the health and safety of health care workers and users.
-acquire autonomy to address the problems of the professional sphere, in both the public (USL and hospitals) and private sector (nursing homes, clinics), with the knowledge and competence to allow them to make the most appropriate choices for their career .
Occupational Medicine : knowledge of safety regulations and prevention of occupational risks in the healthcare sector as operators, supervisors, managers or employers. Identification of risk conditions for chemical, physical, biological agents and behavior.
LABOR LAW
The aim of the course is to enable the student to know and understand the essential elements of the employment contract, both the private and the public administration: for this purpose, the student will be put in the condition of knowing the fundamental links And problems that characterize the genesis, the development and the conclusion of the work relationship, in order to provide also the ability to critically refer to the main issues related to the legal relationship between the employer and the subordinate worker. In addition, the detailed analysis of the various institutions involved will give the student the opportunity, applying the knowledge and understanding of the topics dealt with, to acquire autonomy of judgment and critical approach in examining topics related to contractual formulation and integration into the world of work.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The concepts of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine.
Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases with special reference to blood transmissible infections. The levels of prevention. The epidemiology and prevention of chronic degenerative diseases of social interest. Health Education. Environmental Hygiene
The Occupational Medicine in the regulatory system of prevention and safety at the workplace;
European and national regulations for safety and prevention in the workplace;
Responsibility of the employer, the manager, the person in charge of the worker;
Occupational hazards in the health field;
Chemical agents, safety data sheets, labeling, risk assessment, prevention of risks and occupational diseases, procedures and personal protective equipment and the environment;
Presence of physical agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Presence of biological agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Ergonomic risk and behavioral. Evaluation and Prevention.
The course will be divided into two parts: a first part of lessons will be devoted to the founding institutions of labor and labor law, such as sources, collective bargaining, the role and functions of trade unions; A second part will be directed to a closer look at the themes most closely linked to the employment contract: the duties and the parties' powers, the labor market and flexible labor contracts, the withdrawal and the protection of the rights of the subordinate worker. The lessons will, in particular, take into account the specificities of the health care sector, as well as any legislative changes that have occurred and also provide tools, doctrines and jurisprudence useful for interpreting the different institutions.
Full programme
HYGIENE
Health and disease concepts
Epidemiology: definition and study areas. Causal and risk factors. Epidemiological metodology and overview of health demography. Data sources. Epidemiological measures, health indicators, rates and proportions (prevalence and incidence). Risk measures and causal relationship. Association. Epidemiological studies (outline).
General epidemiology of infectious disease: sources of infection, mode of transmission, channels of infections. Features favoring the spread of infections. Ways of infections onset in the population.
The levels of prevention (tertiary, secondary, primary prevention).
General prophylaxis of infectious diseases, notification, isolation, disinfection, sterilization, active and passive immunization, chemioprophylaxis.
Epidemiology and prevention of blood transmissible infections
HBV, HDV, HCV, HIV
General principles of epidemiology and prevention of not infectious diseases. Screening definition and main features of a screening test, sensitivity, specificity, predictive values. Screening campaigns.
Epidemiology and prevention of care-associated infections.
Drinking water. Quality-supply sources and possible ways of pollution; requisites of the water drinkability.
Hygiene aspects of swimming pools
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
The Occupational Medicine in the regulatory system of prevention and safety at the workplace;
European and national regulations for safety and prevention in the workplace;
Responsibility of the employer, the manager, the person in charge of the worker;
Occupational hazards in the health field;
Chemical agents, safety data sheets, labeling, risk assessment, prevention of risks and occupational diseases, procedures and personal protective equipment and the environment;
Presence of physical agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Presence of biological agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Ergonomic risk and behavioral. Evaluation and Prevention.
Bibliography
Barbuti, Fara, Giammanco et al. Igiene Medicina Preventiva Sanità Pubblica . Edises (2014)
Signorelli C. Igiene e sanità pubblica. Secrets. Domande e
risposte. Editore SEU (2017)
Educational material provised by teacher
Lezioni di Medicina del Lavoro. ED.
BERTI
R. DEL PUNTA, Diritto del lavoro, Giuffrè, Milano, 2017.
Sezione prima: cap. IV. La Costituzione. – cap. VI. Le fonti del diritto del lavoro.
Sezione seconda. cap. I. Organizzazione e azione sindacale. - cap. II. Sindacato e ordinamento giuridico. - cap. III. La contrattazione collettiva. - cap. V. Le relazioni sindacali in azienda.
Sezione quarta. cap. I. Il lavoro subordinato. - cap. II. Lavoro autonomo, coordinato, occasionale.
Sezione quinta. cap. I. L’accesso al lavoro. – cap. II. La struttura del rapporto di lavoro. – cap. III. Oggetto e luogo della prestazione di lavoro. - cap. IV. Il tempo della prestazione di lavoro. – cap. VI. Il potere disciplinare. - cap. VIII. La tutela della persona sul lavoro - cap. XI. L’estinzione del rapporto di lavoro
Sezione sesta. cap. I. Il lavoro a orario ridotto e flessibile. - cap. II. Il lavoro a termine. - cap. III. Il lavoro dei giovani. - cap. IV. Il lavoro “esterno”: §§ da 5 a 9.
Teaching methods
HYGIENE: oral lessons with the use of informatic tools
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE: Oral lessons
LABOR LAW: The course is divided into frontal lessons. During the lessons, the founding features of each institute will be highlighted, as well as discussing the general issues related to their application and possible jurisprudential orientations related to the interpretation of the major and most controversial legal concepts involved.
Assessment methods and criteria
HYGIENE: the assessment of the achievement of the objectives of the course consists of an oral examination. Through questions about the contents of the course will be determined whether the student has achieved the goal of knowledge and understanding of the content and whether it is able to apply the knowledge acquired in the exercise of profession.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE: written test
LABOR LAW
The assessment of the achievement of the objectives of the course involves a written examination, on a single date at the end of the lesson cycle (date that will be agreed with the teacher during the first weeks of the lesson), with questions (about 20) in response Multiple questions (4 possible answers, one only): the objective of the questions will be to verify the achievement of the knowledge and understanding of the discipline of the various working institutions faced in the lesson as well as the ability to know how to evaluate their practical application.
The duration of the written test is 2 hours. The written exam is rated at 0-30. Praise is given following evaluation of the teacher about the number and nature of the errors found.
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