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 and organization of Rehabilitation Services : at the end of the course the student is expected to be able to have an overview of collective bargaining, the methods of establishing and the main types of employment relationship with the related characteristics, useful when entering the world of work
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Hygiene
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
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.
Labor Law and organization of Rehabilitation Services :
The programrovides for the analysis of the sources of labor law, collective bargaining, the types of employment relationships including flexible forms of employment, the rights and duties of the employee, the causes of suspension and termination of the employment relationship.
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.
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.
Labor Law and organization of Rehabilitation Services : the analysis of the sources of labor law; the collective bargaining and the types of employment relationships including flexible forms of employment. The rights and duties of the employee; the causes of suspension and termination of the employment relationship.
Bibliography
Barbuti, Fara, Giammanco et al. Igiene Medicina Preventiva Sanità Pubblica . Edises (2014) II Ed.2022
Signorelli C. Igiene e sanità pubblica. Secrets. Domande e
risposte. Editore SEU (2021)
Lessons slide provided by the teacher
Lezioni di Medicina del Lavoro. ED.BERTI
Labor Law and Organization of Rehabilitation Services : materials provided by the teacher
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
Labor Law and organization of Rehabilitation Services : the summative assessment of learning can take place through a written test with closed answer, written test with an open answer, oral question.
Consultation of legal texts will not be allowed during the test.
Other information
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