Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques

Module 1: MEDICINA LEGALE

Activity type: Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD: MED/43
Year: 2nd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 2
Hours distribution: 20 classroom hours
Lecturers: MONICA RAUCO
SIMONA NAPOLETANO

Module 2: IGIENE GENERALE ED APPLICATA

Activity type: Scienze e tecniche di radiologia medica per immagini e radioterapia
SSD: MED/36
Year: 2nd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 2
Hours distribution: 20 classroom hours
Lecturers: FRANCESCO MARAMPON
LORENZA GIOVANNELLI

Module 3: MEDICINA DEL LAVORO

Activity type: Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD: MED/44
Year: 2nd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 10 classroom hours
Lecturers: Massimiliano Di Mario

Module 4: RADIOPROTEZIONE

Activity type: Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD: MED/42
Year: 2nd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 10 classroom hours
Lecturers: MATTEO VITALI

Learning outcomes

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At the end of the course, the student must be able to know how to preserve and promote the health of individuals, communities and workers; to know the organizational structure of the National Health Service and the main health regulations; to know the basics of the epidemiological methodology; be able to apply epidemiological methods to study the spread of infectious and chronic diseases among the communities; be able to integrate the knowledge acquired in relation to the prevention and control strategies of communicable and non-communicable diseases with the knowledge acquired through the other courses to formulate judgements and to recognize the priorities of research and intervention; be able to apply preventive medicine strategies; to know the general issues related to the prevention and the protection of health and the specific problems related to environmental hygiene, food hygiene, hygiene of indoor environment.

Prerequisites

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In order to attend the lessons, students must comply with the prerequisites for the year of the course
They must have knowledge of general hygiene, basic epidemiology, elements of inorganic and organic chemistry, human physiology

Programme

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1. Health Planning and the Italian Health Organization (1 hour)
The National Health Service (NHS). The structure of the NHS: national level, regional level, local level; essential assistance levels (LEA)

2. Demography, epidemiology and prevention (2 hours)
Statistical-sanitary and demographic studies
Epidemiology: frequency measures: incidence and prevalence, raw, specific and standardized rates; health indicators
Prevention and health promotion: primary, secondary, tertiary prevention

3. Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases (3 hours)
General prevention of infectious diseases:
general principles, cases and carriers, transmission mechanisms, notification, isolation; sanitary interventions: disinfectants, disinfection and sterilization; hospital hygiene and nosocomial infections
Specific prophylaxis of the main infectious diseases:
passive and active immunoprofilaxis, vaccines
Prevention of airborne, faecal transmission, direct transmission, vector-borne infections

4. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic-degenerative diseases (2 hours)
Schemes of primary, secondary, tertiary prevention
Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, tumors, chronic bronchopneumonia, diabetes

5. Confined environments of life and work (2 hour)
The microclimate
Prevention in the workplace: chemical and physical risk, the concept of threshold limit (TLV)

Books

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During the course of the lessons, students are provided with handouts, scientific articles, documents of national and international bodies, specific legislation. These documents are constantly updated and provided both in paper and electronic format

Bibliography

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Lessons mode

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Teaching delivered in conventional mode, mainly face to face and in frontal teaching. It is possible that a limited didactic activity is provided electronically.
The teaching program contains all the topics that will be covered in class, during which the participation of students will be stimulated through:
open questions asked by the teacher, with guided discussion up to the solution
openness to voluntary student interventions
question time

Frequency

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compulsory attendance

Exam mode

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The final oral exam is carried out simultaneously with the teachers of the other teaching modules. The final grade, expressed in thirtieths with possible honors, is the overall rating of the votes of the individual modules.
To pass the exam the student must achieve a grade of not less than 18/30 in each module, and he/her must demonstrate to be able to argue the acquired knowledge. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he/she has acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and consistent way

Example exam questions

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prevention and control of communicable diseases
prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
disinfection, antisepsis and sterilization
incidence, prevalence and mortality
safety in the diagnostic imaging laboratory
health and safety in the workplace
imprudence, negligence, inexperience, professional secrecy

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