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
- - -
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.
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
Teaching methods
Lectures will be held on-site in compliance with safety standards, provided that further instructions on the ongoing health emergency are not implemented. Supporting material will be available on the specific, student-reserved platform (Elly) and will include slide presentations, audio-video aids or video-recording of the lectures
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
Other information
- - -
