Learning objectives
To increase the awareness of health risks associated with the use of ionizing radiations
Course unit content
Basics of Occupational Medicine and Principles of Prevention at the workplace
Full programme
Part 1 EPIDEMIOLOGY
definition of health and determinants of health/disease
evolution of the definitions of health
The continuum health-disease
The importance of measuring health thought health-indicators
The Burden of Disease
Definition of epidemiology and fields of study of the epidemiology Fields of study of the demography, census, the population pyramid, Fundamental parameters of populations: general mortality, infant mortality, life expectancy at birth
Measures in epidemiology: prevalence and incidence rate, relation between incidence and prevalence
Epidemiological measures of risk association
characteristics of the association causal
the causal factors and risk factors
the relative risk (RR) -how does it work
odds ratio (OR) how does it work
Classification of epidemiological studies:
observational studies and experimental studies
case-control studies (odds ratio)
cohort studies (relative risk)
clinical trials ( what it means to randomize)
Definition of screening, characteristics of a screening campaign
sensitivity, specificity, predictive values
examples of screening (eg, neonatal, cancer)
Part II HYGIENE
General epidemiology of infectious diseases
The micro-organisms (saprophytes, commensals and pathogens), and host-parasite relationships, infection and disease, infectiousness, diffusivity, pathogenicity, virulence;
Reservoirs and sources, sick and infected individuals (healthy carriers, early, convalescent and chronic);
mechanisms (ways) of direct transmission, semi-direct, indirect, vehicles and carriers.
Elements of general epidemiology of non-infectious diseases
The "levels of prevention": primary, secondary, tertiary.
Prevention of infectious diseases (notification, diagnostic tests, insulation)
Disinfection: main disinfectants
Sterilization main methods of sterilization (critical tools, semi-critical and non-critical)
Asepsis (maintaining sterility)
Antisepsis or handwashing (felling and removal pathogens)
Immunoprophylaxis: what are the vaccines, main categories, general theory of active immunization. Vaccination of Childhood
Chemoprophylaxis: immunoglobulin
Special prevention of infectious diseases: overview of etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical, prevention of the following diseases: tuberculosis, influenza, meningitis. hepatitis a hepatitis b, hepatitis c and AIDS
Health care-associated infections: definition, epidemiology, risk factors, preventive measures.
Special prevention of chronic diseases: neoplastic disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease
Environmental: hygiene: water (pollution and potability requirements'), waste management, special hospital waste.
