Preventive Sciences

A.Y. 2019/2020
8
Max ECTS
80
Overall hours
SSD
MED/42 MED/44 MED/50
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
- Acquire basic knowledge related to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention;
- Develop the ability to identify dangerous situations for human health and the environment;
- Develop the ability to collect samples to measure chemical, physical and biological pollutants in foods, drugs, environmental matrices and biological materials;
- Develop the ability to supervise the level of health and hygiene conditions in the home, in the general environment and in the workplace.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student must know the basic notions of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, of dangerous situations for human health and of the environment, of methods of measuring pollutants of various kinds on environmental matrices and materials biological and hygienic health conditions in various areas
Being able to apply the knowledge to investigate the related technical problems to his future profession.
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Prerequisites for admission
Preliminary knowledge is not required.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written test with open and multiple choices questions.
The overall rating consists of the weighted average of the supplementary modules and is expressed in thirty-three.
Igiene generale e applicata
Course syllabus
Prevention and health promotion: principles and methods
- Prevention of non-communicable diseases
· Primary prevention (including health education)
· Secondary prevention: screenings
- Prevention of communicable diseases
· Direct prophylaxis interventions
· Disinfection and sterilization
· Vaccines and vaccinations
- Epidemiology and prevention of communicable diseases: special part
· infectious diseases transmitted through water and food
· airborne transmitted infectious diseases
· parenterally and sexually transmitted diseases infectious diseases
· emerging infectious diseases
- Epidemiology and prevention of infections related to healthcare practices.
Teaching methods
Lesson with power point presentations; presentations and bibliographic material are uploaded on the ARIEL.
Teaching Resources
1. F Auxilia, M Pontello. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. I fondamenti della prevenzione. Piccin Editore.
2. C Meloni. Igiene per le lauree delle professioni sanitarie. CEA Editore.
Medicina del lavoro
Course syllabus
Occupational medicine and prevention of occupational diseases: from Bernardino Ramazzini to Legislative Decree 81/2008.
Technologies and risks. Risk assessment and Risk prevention in occupational settings
Industrial hygiene in the workplace: strategies and methods of chemical, physical and biological agents sampling
Regulations for occupational medicine and hygiene
DL 81/08: Subjects responsible for occupational safety and hygiene: DL, RSPP, RLS.
Occupational health surveillance.
Alcohol and Narcotics Regulations
Pregnancy: effects on the reproductive system; regulations
Physical agents - Noise, Vibrations, Radiations: health effects, risk assessment and prevention
Office work: video terminals, lighting, microclimate
The indoor air quality: sources, health effects, risk assessment and prevention
Teaching methods
Lesson with power point presentations; presentations and bibliographic material are uploaded on the ARIEL.
Teaching Resources
PA. Bertazzi: Medicina del Lavoro. R. Cortina ed, 2013
Scienze tecniche mediche applicate
Course syllabus
· Primary prevention (including health education)
· Secondary prevention: screenings
- Prevention of communicable diseases
· Direct prophylaxis interventions
· Disinfection and sterilization
· Vaccines and vaccinations
- Epidemiology and prevention of communicable diseases: special part
· infectious diseases transmitted through water and food
· airborne transmitted infectious diseases
· parenterally and sexually transmitted diseases infectious diseases
· emerging infectious diseases
- Epidemiology and prevention of infections related to healthcare practices.
Teaching methods
Lesson with power point presentations; presentations and bibliographic material are uploaded on the ARIEL.
Teaching Resources
1. F Auxilia, M Pontello. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. I fondamenti della prevenzione. Piccin Editore.
2. C Meloni. Igiene per le lauree delle professioni sanitarie. CEA Editore.
Igiene generale e applicata
MED/42 - HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH - University credits: 3
Lessons: 30 hours
Shifts:
Medicina del lavoro
MED/44 - OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 30 hours
Scienze tecniche mediche applicate
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 2
Lessons: 20 hours
Shifts:
Professor(s)