Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques
Graduates in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques are healthcare professionals responsible, within their area of competence, for all preventive, evaluative and monitoring procedures relating to environmental health and safety in living and working environments, food and drink hygiene, and public and veterinary hygiene and health.
Graduates carry out investigative procedures geared at the issue of technical and health certificates of no impediment and authorisations for activities subject to monitoring. Within their professional sphere, they investigate, identify, challenge and give notice of any irregularities identified and deliver opinions within their competence. They:
- monitor and control living and working environments and evaluate the need to carry out inquiries and investigations in relation to accidents and occupational diseases;
- monitor and verify that structures and related working environments meet the safety conditions required for the facilities;
- monitor and check the quality of foods and drinks for consumption and evaluate the need to carry out further specialist inspections;
- monitor and assess veterinary health and hygiene standards within their sphere of competence, and evaluate the need to carry out further inspections;
- monitor and check cosmetic products;
- work with the judiciary administration on inquiries into offences against the environmental heritage and health and safety conditions in working environments and in connection with foods;
- monitor and test all other areas provided for in the laws and regulations relating to preventive health care and environmental protection within their sphere of competence;
- partake in research, educational and professional consulting activities in the health services and any other sphere that requires their professional competence;
- provide professional services with full autonomy and collaborate with other professional figures in the planning and organisation of work in the facility in which they operate
- are responsible for overseeing the planning, execution and quality standards of their own professional work.
Subject to successful completion of all requisite competition procedures, graduates can assume roles charged with prevention, inspection and surveillance-related responsibilities, with public authorities (Hospitals, Local Health Authorities, Regional Agency for Environmental Protection and Prevention – ARPA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention (ISPESL), Local Authorities and in services relating to control and prevention, staff training and prevention and protection.
Within private facilities, either as employees or consultants, graduates can undertake fully autonomous professional duties relating to the organisation and planning of work in connection with health and safety conditions for workers.
In collaboration with the prevention and protection service, they assist in the establishment of procedures geared at guaranteeing the safety of workers and environmental protection. They also collaborate with company risk analysis firms and assist with the drafting of risk evaluation documents (for occupational, food and environmental safety). They carry out environmental surveys to monitor the health conditions of living and working environments.
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Admission: Limited enrolment with admission test. How to apply.
English language
Students are expected to attain level B1 proficiency in English.
Proficiency may be certified at the time of matriculation by submitting a certificate of level B1 language proficiency or better, or by sitting the SLAM (University Language Centre) placement test during the first year of studies only, between September and December. Students who do not pass the test must follow the SLAM language courses and obtain appropriate certification within the year the plan of study calls for a language exam.
Mandatory.
Courses list
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Practical Training (1° Year) | 12 | 240 | Italian | MED/50 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Biochemistry | 4 | 40 | Italian | BIO/10 BIO/13 |
| - Biochemistry | 2 | |||
| - Experimental biology | 2 | |||
| Biomedical Sciences 1 | 4 | 40 | Italian | BIO/09 BIO/16 |
| - Anatomy | 2 | |||
| - Physiology | 2 | |||
| Chemical And Physical Sciences | 7 | 70 | Italian | CHIM/03 CHIM/06 FIS/07 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - Applied physics | 2 | |||
| - General and inorganic chemistry | 2 | |||
| - Organic chemistry | 2 | |||
| Laboratory (Physics And Chemistry) | 1 | 10 | Italian | |
| Statistics And Epidemiology | 5 | 50 | Italian | MED/01 MED/42 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - Hygiene and public health | 2 | |||
| - Medical statistics | 2 | |||
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Biomedical Sciences 2 | 6 | 60 | Italian | MED/04 MED/07 |
| - Experimental medicine and pathophysiology | 3 | |||
| - Microbiology | 3 | |||
| Law Sciences | 6 | 60 | Italian | IUS/07 IUS/09 IUS/17 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - Criminal law | 2 | |||
| - Labour law | 2 | |||
| - Public law | 1 | |||
| Preventive Sciences | 8 | 80 | Italian | MED/42 MED/44 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 2 | |||
| - Hygiene and public health | 3 | |||
| - Occupational medicine | 3 | |||
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Computer Science Course | 3 | 30 | Italian | INF/01 |
| English assessment B1 (2 ECTS) | 2 | 0 | Italian | |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Practical Trainings (2° Year) | 19 | 380 | Italian | MED/50 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Ecosystems And Environmental Quality | 6 | 60 | Italian | BIO/03 CHIM/12 MED/42 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 2 | |||
| - Environmental and applied botany | 1 | |||
| - Environmental chemistry and cultural heritage | 2 | |||
| - Hygiene and public health | 1 | |||
| Laboratory (Environment) | 1 | 10 | Italian | |
| Life Sciences And Health Promotion | 6 | 60 | Italian | M-PSI/01 MED/42 MED/44 MED/50 SPS/10 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - General psychology | 1 | |||
| - Hygiene and public health | 1 | |||
| - Occupational medicine | 2 | |||
| - Urban and environmental sociology | 1 | |||
| Pharmacology And Toxicology | 6 | 60 | Italian | BIO/14 CHIM/09 MED/43 MED/44 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - Applied pharmaceutical technology | 2 | |||
| - Forensic medicine | 1 | |||
| - Occupational medicine | 1 | |||
| - Pharmacology | 1 | |||
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Food Sciences | 7 | 70 | Italian | AGR/15 MED/42 MED/50 VET/04 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - Food science and technology | 1 | |||
| - Hygiene and public health | 2 | |||
| - Inspection of foods of animal origin | 3 | |||
| Health Services Management | 6 | 60 | Italian | M-PSI/06 MED/02 MED/42 MED/50 SECS-P/02 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - Economic policy | 1 | |||
| - Hygiene and public health | 2 | |||
| - Medical history | 1 | |||
| - Work Psychology | 1 | |||
| Interdisciplinary Clinical Sciences 1 | 6 | 60 | Italian | MED/09 MED/30 MED/33 MED/44 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 1 | |||
| - Eye diseases | 1 | |||
| - Internal medicine | 1 | |||
| - Musculoskeletal system diseases | 1 | |||
| - Occupational medicine | 2 | |||
| Laboratory (Food) | 1 | 10 | Italian | |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Practical Training (3° Year) | 29 | 290 | Italian | MED/50 |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Interdisciplinary Clinical Sciences 2 | 5 | 50 | Italian | MED/10 MED/11 MED/17 MED/32 MED/41 |
| - Anaesthesiology | 1 | |||
| - Audiology | 1 | |||
| - Cardiovascular diseases | 1 | |||
| - Infectious diseases | 1 | |||
| - Respiratory diseases | 1 | |||
| Technical Physics And Industrial Chemistry | 7 | 70 | Italian | ICAR/03 ING-IND/11 ING-IND/25 ING-INF/02 MED/36 |
| - Building physics and building energy systems | 1 | |||
| - Chemical plants | 2 | |||
| - Electromagnetic fields | 2 | |||
| - Sanitary and environmental engineering | 1 | |||
| - X-ray protection | 1 | |||
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Enviromental Health And Safety In The Workplace | 7 | 70 | Italian | MED/42 MED/44 MED/50 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 3 | |||
| - Hygiene and public health | 2 | |||
| - Occupational medicine | 2 | |||
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Final Test | 7 | 0 | Italian | |
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Other Activities | 3 | 45 | Italian | |
| Learning activity | Prescribed foundation courses |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Sciences 2 | Biomedical Sciences 1 (compulsory) |
| Interdisciplinary Clinical Sciences 1 | Biomedical Sciences 2 (compulsory) |
| Interdisciplinary Clinical Sciences 2 | Biomedical Sciences 2 (compulsory) |
| Pharmacology And Toxicology | Biomedical Sciences 1 (compulsory) |
| Technical Physics And Industrial Chemistry | Chemical And Physical Sciences (compulsory) |
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- The amount of the first instalment is the same for all students
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Places available: 25
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Application period: from 07-13-2020 to 08-25-2020
Admission Test date and location: 09-08-2020 08:30