Unit HEALTH ORGANIZATION

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Code	35104506
CFU	2
Teacher	Stefano Piccardi
Teachers	Stefano Piccardi
Hours	24 ore - Stefano Piccardi
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Scienze umane e psicopedagogiche
Academic discipline	M-FIL/02
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)

HYGIENE

Code	50212001
CFU	1
Teacher	Massimo Moretti
Teachers	Massimo Moretti
Hours	12 ore - Massimo Moretti
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
Academic discipline	MED/42
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian.
Contents	Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of diseases. Epidemiology and prevention of infectious and chronic diseases. Health education and health promotion. Passive and active immunization: sera and vaccines. Cancer screening tests.
Reference texts	Comodo N. & Maciocco Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. Manuale per le professioni sanitarie. Carocci Editore, Roma; 2011
Educational objectives	The learning experiences should help students in achieving attitudes and practices related to critical health issues: diseases prevention and health education and promotion.
Prerequisites	None.
Teaching methods	Face-to-face lessons.
Other information
Learning verification modality	Written exam: closed-ended questions.
Extended program	Introduction to Hygiene and Public Health. Health and disease. Determinants of health. Natural history of disease. Disease prevention: health promotion/protection. Levels of disease prevention: primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Health education: methods for health promotion (relationship between health and human behavior). Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases. Etiologic agent: definition. Routes of transmission of infectious disease agents: sexually transmitted diseases; bloodborne, airborne, vehicle(water)borne and vectorborne transmission. Prevention of infectious diseases; principles of immunology;. classification of vaccines; inactivated or engineered vaccines and toxoids; whole-cell and fractional vaccines; live attenuated vaccines; new vaccines. Immunization schedule for children; immunization of adults and travellers; immunoglobulins. Principles of disinfection; classification of disinfectants. Sterilization; classification of methods of sterilization; controls of sterilization. Disinfestation and pest control; methods of mosquito control; management and control of pediculosis; rodent prevention and control. Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD); principal risk factors; the Framingham cohort; prevention and control of infarction and ictus. Epidemiology and prevention of cancer; the carcinogenesis and mutagenesis processes; principal cancer risk factors; tobacco smoking and health; prevention of smoking-related diseases; methods of giving up smoking and nicotine replacement therapy. Relationship between health and human behavior; the role of health education as a strategy in health promotion and disease prevention; health promotion.

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

Code	50145101
CFU	1
Teacher	Angela Gambelunghe
Teachers	Angela Gambelunghe
Hours	12 ore - Angela Gambelunghe
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
Academic discipline	MED/44
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	italian
Contents	Working environments and occupational hazards. Prevention of injuries and occupational diseases. Legal and Regulatory Issues. Prevention of occupational injuries and diseases in Health Workers and in Research Laboratory Workers.
Reference texts	Handouts provided by the teacher. Highlights on L.Alessio – P. Apostoli. Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro e Igiene Industriale – Piccin Nuova Libraria – Padova 2010
Educational objectives	Basic knowledge on: Main risk factors in the working environments, with special emphasis on health workers and biomedical research workers. Main legal and regulatory issue in prevention in the working environments. Prevention of injuries and occupational diseases in health workers and research laboratory workers.
Prerequisites	not required
Teaching methods	Theoretical lessons/lectures
Other information	none
Learning verification modality	the exams consists of a writtentest in form of multiple choice test. The test has a duration of 40minutes (30 questions). It is designed to evaluate the ability to correctly apply the theoretical knoledge and the understanding of the issues proposed.
Extended program	Occupational medicine: the origins, developments and the future. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT: Introduction, organization of prevention in health, safety, occupational accidents and illnesses; physical agents , chemical agents, anesthetic gases, antineoplastic chemotherapy, the risk assessment document, organization of work, manual handling of patients, stress, shift work and night work, burn-out. THE ENVIRONMENT IN HEALTH BIOHAZARD: notifiable health authority, and obligation to report to INAIL insurance protection, classification of areas at risk, criteria for assessing the biological risk, biological risk in health care workers, mode of transmission of biological agents, the chain of infection, dose-response relationship, biohazard injuries, health surveillance (medical examinations and instrumental tests). PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE): definitions, reference standards, classification, general rules on the use of PPE, the marking of PPE PPE for respiratory PPE for hands / skin, eye head, shoes , hearing. MANUAL HANDLING OF PATIENTS: prevention and risk management of biomechanical overload for the upper limbs and the spine, evaluation methods (MAPO, NIOSH, Snook Ciriello), Methodology for assessing the risk from manual handling patients in the wards, the choice of ergonomic aids to reduce the risk criteria and procedures, management of business risk from manual handling patients: problems and procedures. NIGHT WORK AND SHIFT WORK: definitions, effects of shift work on the psychophysical sphere, legislation, preventive, reproductive health and work, bullying, stress and paperwork and burnout. WOMEN AND WORK: Introduction, the contribution of the environment to health and disease, occupational risk factors and effects on women's health: gender issues. Reproductive toxicology: some basic principles, processes, toxicology, toxic effects of environmental factors on male reproduction in various stages of development, some environmental agents harmful to spermatogenesis, the assessment of toxic effects on oogenesis and fertility, implantation and toxic substances , factors of risk of a miscarriage, miscarriage, and occupational exposures, effects on the newborn: prematurity, fetal development, neonatal, congenital defects, teratogenesis by environmental agents, occupational exposures of parents and childhood cancers. MATERNITY ', SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK: overview of legislation, Dlgsno. 151/2001. LEGISLATION AND PREGNANCY: Introduction to Dlgs 151/2001, deepening of Art. 7 D. Decree 151/2001 (work that is forbidden), Art. 11 D. Decree 151/2001 (risk assessment), Art. 17 D. Decree 151/2001 Dlgs 81/08.

FORENSIC MEDICINE

Code	50019901
CFU	1
Teacher	Cristiana Gambelunghe
Teachers	Cristiana Gambelunghe
Hours	12 ore - Cristiana Gambelunghe
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
Academic discipline	MED/43
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Introduction to the discipline with hints on the key elements of the right. The course covers the key topics of forensics in criminal and civil law. The program also aims to provide general information on ethical, with particular reference to bioethics. For each topic will be presented with equal dignity the different opinions of the debate and their reasons to support them.
Reference texts	Autori: Fallani - Cicognani - Pelotti- Medicina legale- Editore: Esculapio
Educational objectives	1. Acquisition of critical awareness based on the fundamental obligations of professional practice currently in force in Italy. 2. Acquisition of critical awareness relative to the fundamentals of the professional relationship with the patient, guiding in a manner appropriate to the fundamentals of the profession. 3. Ability to apply the knowledge gained in the context of the profession with particular regard to professional liability. 4. Ability to express an opinion bioethical with adequate critical methodology. 5. Ability to transfer the theoretical knowledge in practical activity in order to correctly decipher the ethical relevance that certain situations of health care fee. 6. Awareness of moral responsibility and delll'aiuto decisions suggested to patients and their families, always keeping the patient at the center, her past and the function of accompaniment that involves professional practice 7. Follow the evolution of the bioethical debate. 8. Ability to take part, using the knowledge acquired in the course, the continuous updating initiatives in the professional.
Prerequisites	It is important for the student to have acquired over the previous teachings, independent judgment, communication abilities and study methodology.
Teaching methods	lessons with slides
Other information	six hours of frontal lessons per week
Learning verification modality	written exam: 30 multiple choice questions (with 3 answers each). Each question is worth 1 point if correct; wrong answer -0.25; no answer 0 points. Assigned time 45 minutes.
Extended program	Introduction Basic knowledge of criminal law. Legal qualifications of health professionals. The health professions . Regulations. Code of Conduct. The professional secrecy. Professional liability. Health professionals and Introduction Basic knowledge of criminal law. Legal qualifications of health professionals. The health professions . Regulations. Code of Conduct. The professional secrecy. Professional liability. Health professionals and their responsibilities . Informed consent , medical records , privacy.