Learning objectives
Hygiene: the course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand factors that may interact with the health of the individual and the community, and learn the meaning of prevention strategies.
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.
General epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases. 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 program provides 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
Definition of Health, Hygiene and Public Health; evolution of the health concept. Objectives and methods of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. Role of Public Health. Diseases prevention and health promotion. Definition of epidemiology and fields of study. Causal factors and risk factors; determinants of health. Overview of health demography and health indicators. Data sources. The main epidemiological measures: rates and proportions, prevalence and incidence; risk measures and causal relationship; association. Epidemiological studies: observational and experimental studies.
General epidemiology of infectious diseases: microorganisms and us; sources and reservoirs of infection; mechanisms (ways) of transmission of infectious diseases. Factors favoring the occurrence of infections. Ways of infections onset in the population.
General prevention of infectious diseases: the levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary prevention). General prophylaxis of infectious diseases: notification, isolation, default measures, epidemiological investigation, disinfection, sterilization, antisepsis, asepsis. Active immunoprophylaxis: vaccines and vaccinations. Passive immunoprophylaxis. Primary and secondary chemoprophylaxis.
Epidemiology and prevention of chronic degenerative diseases. Definition and characteristics of a screening test: sensitivity, specificity and predictive values. Screening campaigns.
Epidemiology and prevention of care-associated infections.
Drinking water. Notes on the sources of water supply and sources of pollution. Criteria for drinking water. Hygienic 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)
Material 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. 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.
Students with learning disabilities (DSA/BSE) must contact the University's Center for Accommodation and Inclusion (cai@unipr.it).
Other information
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