Health Professions of Technical Sciences (diagnostic) (Classe LM/SNT3)-Enrolled Since Academic Year 2023-24

Master programme

A.Y. 2024/2025

LM/SNT3 - Scienze delle professioni sanitarie tecniche (EN)

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Master programme

120

ECTS

Access

Limited enrolment with admission test

Years

Milano

Italian

Course objectives

The Master's degree programme in Health Professions of Technical Sciences (Diagnostic) aims to provide the graduate with an education which allows them to:
· incorporate preclinical and clinical foundations needed to train healthcare workers in diagnostic testing, whether with or without the support of medical instruments;
· apply, in a clinical setting, their baseline scientific knowledge as it pertains to their profession, in a manner helpful for making decisions relating to the organisation and management of healthcare services rendered by healthcare technicians;
· understand the actions of healthcare workers from an ethical, social, and moral perspective;
· assist in the design and creation of scientific data-processing systems, as well as their management and application within various contexts;
· harness, with respect to the organisation of healthcare services, and the management of available human and technological resources, all available competencies in management and business organisation, conducting the cost-benefit analysis therefor;
· conduct technical inspections and audits on specific segments within the healthcare system;
· employ, within the field of healthcare services, research tools and methods;
· plan and optimise the use of all operations aiming to increase resources (human, technological, IT, financial resources) available to the healthcare facility;
· plan and conduct training programmes for continuing education and updates at one's own clinic or facility;
· cultivate, as part of ongoing tutorship and coordination of internship activities for basic, complementary, and ongoing education, teaching skills to train aspiring professionals in one's field;
· instruct others on the legal aspects of the profession in terms of administrative and legal rules, and EU regulatory bodies, in order to facilitate international relations with governments or one's own professional board.

Career and employment

SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELATED FUNCTION:
The graduate will be able to utilise advanced methods in research, training, and management in rehabilitative sciences within their Class.

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:
- executive roles in healthcare facilities (organisation/supervision within a facility, and providing services at an effective level), passing all competitive-procedure testing as required;
- university teaching, completing all testing required by applicable law;
- research within their professional field.

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/SNT3, or in the corresponding class under Ministerial Decree no. 509/99, or a university degree authorising a person to practice in the profession, or other degree deemed equivalent (under Law no. 42/1999); those holding a foreign degree deemed equivalent are likewise eligible for admission.

Study abroad

Contacts and exchanges with foreign educational and health institutions are presently under development, with the aim to provide students with a reasonably broad range of international mobility programs. Based on the peculiarities of the training curriculum and the specific needs of the students, who predominantly work as health professionals in public and private institutions, the mobility programs will include training activities within the organizational and research domains.

Course attendance

Attendance of all educational activities contemplated in the study programme is mandatory.
To be allowed to sit 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 a given exam. Attendance of all practical training and internship hours is mandatory, and cannot be fulfilled through other means.

Courses list

Educational Plan

year

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Practical Training	22	550	Italian	MED/46 MED/50

First semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
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, Epidemiology and History of the Healthcare Services	8	64	Italian	MED/01 MED/02 MED/42 MED/50
- Igiene generale e applicata	2	16		MED/42
- Scienza tecniche mediche applicate	1	8		MED/50
- Statistica medica	3	24		MED/01
- Storia della medicina	2	16		MED/02

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Medical Law, Ethical and Professional-Legal Liability	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
Principles and Instruments of Business Economics Applied to the Healthcare Sector	5	40	Italian	SECS-P/07

Open sessions

There are no specific sessions for these activities.

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Corso professionalizzante interdisciplinare 1	10	80	Italian	MED/05 MED/36 MED/37 MED/46 MED/50 VET/06
- Diagnostica per immagini e radioterapia	2	16		MED/36
- Neuroradiologia	1	8		MED/37
- Parassitologia e malattie parassitarie degli animali	1	8		VET/06
- Patologia clinica	2	16		MED/05
- Scienza tecniche mediche applicate	3	24		MED/50
- Scienze tecniche di medicina di laboratorio	1	8		MED/46
English Assessment B1 (2 ECTS)	2	0	English	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
Other Activities (laboratories)	5	40	Italian	NN
Practical Training	8	200	Italian	MED/46 MED/50

First semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Educational Project Planning and Management	4	32	Italian	M-PED/01
Planning, Organisation, and Monitoring in Healthcare Organisations	6	48	Italian	MED/46 MED/50 SECS-P/10
- Organizzazione aziendale	4	32		SECS-P/10
- Scienza tecniche mediche applicate	1	8		MED/50
- Scienze tecniche di medicina di laboratorio	1	8		MED/46
Research Methodology	10	80	Italian	BIO/11 ING-INF/05 M-FIL/03 MED/04 SECS-S/02
- Experimental medicine and pathophysiology	2	16		MED/04
- Information processing systems	2	16		ING-INF/05
- Molecular biology	2	16		BIO/11
- Moral philosophy	2	16		M-FIL/03
- Statistics for experimental and technological research	2	16		SECS-S/02

Second semester

Courses or activities	Max ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Interdisciplinary Professional Course 1	8	72	Italian	MED/26 MED/32 MED/46 MED/50
- Audiologia	1	8		MED/32
- Neurologia	1	8		MED/26
- Scienze tecniche di medicina di laboratorio	4	32		MED/46
- Scienze tecniche mediche applicate	2	24		MED/50
Professional Management	6	48	Italian	MED/44 MED/46 MED/50 SPS/09
- Medicina del lavoro	2	16		MED/44
- Scienze tecniche di medicina di laboratorio	1	8		MED/46
- Scienze tecniche mediche applicate	1	8		MED/50
- Sociologia dei processi economici e del lavoro	2	16		SPS/09