Health Assistance

Activity type

Scienze interdisciplinari cliniche

SSD

MED/34

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12 classroom hours

Lecturers

FRANCESCO AGOSTINI

Activity type

Scienze dell' assistenza sanitaria

SSD

MED/42

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

3

Hours distribution

36 classroom hours

Lecturers

CAROLINA MARZUILLO

Activity type

Scienze medico-chirurgiche

SSD

MED/33

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12 classroom hours

Lecturers

VITTORIO CANDELA

Activity type

Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari

SSD

M-EDF/01

Year

1st year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12 classroom hours

Lecturers

MARCO BERNARDI

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
Module objectives:
At the end of the module the student will have to:
- know and understand the fundamental methodological-operational aspects of epidemiology, particularly in the field of preventive medicine and health promotion and prophylactic actions;
- know how to use prophylaxis techniques and tools;
- be able to interpret and prevent Care-Related Infections.


Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
Knowledge and understanding skills:demonstrate knowledge and understanding skills with the support of material provided in class;
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: be able to apply acquired knowledge competently and reflectively: possess adequate skills both to devise and support arguments and to solve problems and apply techniques and methods;
Autonomy of judgment: collect and interpret useful data to determine judgments independently;
Communication skills:communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors;
Learning skills: develop the skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy;

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
Elements of basic biology



Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
Physiological basis of the cardiovascular, respiratory and energy systems.

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
Contents:
Definition of hygiene and objective.
Concept of health and disease.
Epidemiology of infectious diseases.
Chain of infection, sources and reservoirs of infection, pathways for eradications and modes of transmission.
Host-parasite interactions.
Prophylaxis of infectious diseases: prevention at primary, secondary and tertiary level.
Notification, detection, isolation, and epidemiological investigation. Sterilization. Disinfection. Active and passive immune prophylaxis.
Hospital infections: definition, epidemiology, main control measures and prevention.


Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
CoViD-19 and Physical Inactivity. Chronic low-grade inflammation: Cardiometabolic risk factors (FRCM). Behavioral determinants of FRCM and chronic noncommunicable diseases.
Energy Metabolism and physical exercise. Energy balance.
Overall design of the cardiovascular system: the Fick Principle. Adjustments and Adaptations for cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic exercise. Maximal oxygen uptake. Quantifying the intensity of the exercise. Metabolic equivalent of tasks (MET). Components of physical fitness.
Beneficial effects of an active lifestyle. Pathological effects of sedentariness. The elements of the exercise prescription: frequency, intensity, type and time (the FITT model).

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
Suggested textbooks:
Course notes
Walter Ricciardi. Igiene Medicina Preventiva Sanità Pubblica (IDELSON-GNOCCHI Editore)
CHECCACCI L., MELONI C., PELISSERO G.: IGIENE (Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Milano)


Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
The student is provided on the specific topics with material in the form of handouts produced by the teacher and documents from the American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines for Exercise testing and Prescription (Wolters Kluver - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins). This material includes the current guidelines of the Ministry of Health on the promotion of physical activity in compliance with the new (January 2017) Essential Assistance Levels (LEA).

The student can also consult the following book, which can be downloaded from a website:
Designed to move. A Physical Activity Action Agenda. Edited by NIKE, American College of Sports Medicine e International Council of Sport (complete document can be downloaded from: http://www.sportsthinktank.com/uploads/designed-to-move-full-report.pdf).

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
N/D
Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck, Michael R. Deschenes. Exercise Physiology - Integrating theory and application. Second Edition. Wolters Kluwer 2016 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - Wolters Kluwer Health)

Garry Egger, Andrew Binns, Stephan Rossner. Lifestyle Medicine: Managing Diseases of Lifestyle in the 21st Century - McGraw Hill medical. Seconda Edizione. ISBN 0070998124, 9780070998124

European Society of Cardiology. The ESC Textbook of Preventive Cardiology. Oxford University Press, 2015

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
Lectures and training sessions.


Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
The lectures are given in "blended" modality: the Lecturer and most of the Students physically attend the lecture but teaching is also delivered remotely for possible students affected by CoViD-19. All the lectures are also recorded and provided, together with a slides' pdf, in a google drive folder.

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
Mandatory.
Lectures and training sessions



Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
Three hour lectures every 2 weeks in the II semester of the Academic Year (from march to may).

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
Written test with 15 multiple-choice hygiene questions with one correct answer choice


Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
Oral exam with the Professors of all the topics included the program (Motor Sciences, Public Health, Orthopaedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Possible written exonerative exams of part of the whole program.

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
not available



Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE
Sedentary behavior. Physical inactivity. Difference between motor activities and physical exercise. Fitness components linked to health. Cardiovascular risk factors. Obesity's pandemic. Low grade chronic inflammation. Fitness components linked to motor activities. MET. Fick's equation. Physical exercise's prescription.

Module: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
N/D
Module: MOTOR SCIENCES
N/D
Module: Diseases of the Locomotor
N/D
Module: HEALTH CARE