Health Professions of Prevention Sciences (Classe LM/SNT4)-Enrolled from 2018/19 Academic Year

Master programme

A.Y. 2023/2024

LM/SNT4 - Scienze delle professioni sanitarie della prevenzione (EN)

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Master programme

120

ECTS

Access

Limited enrolment with admission test

Years

Milano

Italian

Course objectives

The goal of the Master's degree programme in Health Professions of Prevention Sciences is to provide training which allows to make decisions regarding the organisation and management of healthcare services provided by staff with technical functions within the field of medicine.
The graduate will be able to command and exercise professional skills and methods in research, training, and management.
Specific educational goals include:
· Employ specific scientific knowledge in relation to their professional role in order to make decisions concerning the organisation and management of health services supplied by professional healthcare personnel in the medical field within health facilities, including preventative and protection healthcare services and the Local Health Authorities;
· Utilise skills in healthcare management and organisation in order to coordinate healthcare services, and to manage available human and technological resources, evaluating the cost/benefit ratio;
· Monitor specific sectors of the health organisation within the sphere of preventative healthcare;
· Use research methods and tools in the organisation of clinical services;
· Optimise the use of all resources (human, technological, IT, financial resources) available to preventative healthcare facilities;
· Design and conduct training programmes for continuing education and refresher courses at one's own clinic or facility;
· Develop teaching skills for teaching aspiring professionals in one's field through tutorials, and internship coordination for first-tier, complementary, and continuing education.

Career and employment

The employment opportunities for those earning a degree in Health Professions of Prevention Sciences are as follows:
- executive positions in clinics tasked with preventative services (organisation/supervision of the facilities, and effective service provision);
- university teaching: graduates may undertake a university-teaching career once they have passed all competitive-procedures required by the law;
- university research within one's professional field;
- preventative services with organisational and management activities within the public and private sector;
- preventative services with advanced professional activities within the public and private sector;
- training activities, including assessing needs, design, and instruction within a public or private clinic.

Employment statistics (Almalaurea)

Entry requirements

Admission into the programme is capped, at a national level, pursuant to Law no. 264 of 2 August 1999.
The number of students who may be admitted is set each year pursuant to a decree of the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR), based on findings provided by the university in terms of available instructional, classroom, and clinical resources (human and otherwise), as well as the demand for the type of professionals contemplated for this Class as determined by the Region of Lombardy, and the Ministry of Health.
The admission test for the programme consists of a written, multiple-choice examination.
The test is held on a date set by MUR for all Italian campuses.

Admission into the programme requires a degree in Class L/SNT4, or corresponding class under Ministerial Decree no. 509/99.
Those holding a university degree authorising a person to practice in the profession, or another degree deemed equivalent (under Law no. 42/1999); those holding a foreign degree deemed equivalent are likewise eligible for admission.

Knowledge and background required:
Students' educational background and experience are assessed during the admission-test process in accordance with the Academic Regulations for the specific programme.

Study abroad

Il Corso di Studi non ha attivato accordi Erasmus+ con Atenei esteri.

Course attendance

Attendance of all educational activities contemplated in the study programme is mandatory.
To be allowed to sit for the for-credit exam, students must have attended at least 75% of the formal and informal educational programming contemplated for each course. Should a student's attendance fall short of the required attendance level, instructors may assign alternative educational activities, including self-study, which the student must complete and submit before being allowed to sit for a given exam. Attendance of all practical training as identified in this Regulation is mandatory, and cannot be fulfilled through other means.

Courses list

Educational Plan

year

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Trainingship 1^ Year	17	425	Italian	MED/50

First semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Pre-Professional Interdisciplinary Course I with Elements of Environmental and Human Sociology	13	104	Italian	MED/42 MED/44 SPS/09 VET/06
- Economic sociology and sociology of work and organisations	2	16		SPS/09
- Hygiene and public health	2	16		MED/42
- Occupational medicine	8	64		MED/44
- Parasitology and animal parasitic diseases	1	8		VET/06
Psychology Applied to Social Relations, Communication and Group Dynamics	8	64	Italian	M-DEA/01 M-PSI/01 M-PSI/06 SPS/07
- Demology, ethnology and anthropology	2	16		M-DEA/01
- General psychology	2	16		M-PSI/01
- General sociology	2	16		SPS/07
- Work and Organizational Psychology	2	16		M-PSI/06
Statistics and Epidemiology	4	36	Italian	MED/01 MED/42
- Hygiene and public health	1	8		MED/42
- Medical statistics	3	28		MED/01

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Basics and Instruments of Business Economics Applied to Healthcare Sector	5	40	Italian	SECS-P/07
Health Law and Professional, Ethical and Legal Liabilities	5	40	Italian	IUS/07 IUS/13 MED/43
- Forensic medicine	1	8		MED/43
- International law	2	16		IUS/13
- Labour law	2	16		IUS/07
Informatics	3	24	Italian	INF/01

Open sessions

There are no specific sessions for these activities.

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
English Assessment B1 (2 ECTS)	2	0	Italian	NN

Study plan rules

Elettivi - Lo studente, al primo anno, deve altresì maturare 3 CFU in attività formative a scelta.

year

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Laboratories	2	30	Italian	MED/44 MED/50
Trainingship 2^ Year	13	325	Italian	MED/50

First semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Applied Research and Quality Assessment Methodologies	9	72	Italian	BIO/11 M-FIL/03 SECS-S/02 SECS-S/05
- Molecular biology	2	16		BIO/11
- Moral philosophy	1	8		M-FIL/03
- Social statistics	2	16		SECS-S/05
- Statistics for experimental and technological research	4	32		SECS-S/02
Design and Management of Educational Processes	6	48	Italian	M-PED/01
Planning, Organisation and Monitoring in Healthcare Organisations	6	48	Italian	SECS-P/10
Pre-Professional Interdisciplinary Course Ii	8	64	Italian	MED/17 MED/42 MED/44 MED/50 VET/05
- Applied medical techniques	1	8		MED/50
- Hygiene and public health	2	16		MED/42
- Infectious diseases	2	16		MED/17
- Infectious diseases of domestic animals	1	8		VET/05
- Occupational medicine	2	16		MED/44

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Professional Management	6	48	Italian	MED/44 MED/50 SPS/09
- Applied medical techniques	2	16		MED/50
- Economic sociology and sociology of work and organisations	2	16		SPS/09
- Occupational medicine	2	16		MED/44