Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: CARMELA PROTANO

Module 1:

Activity type
Scienze del management sanitario
SSD
SECS-P/07
Year
3rd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
RUBINA GALEOTTI

Module 2:

Activity type
Scienze propedeutiche
SSD
MED/42
Year
3rd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
2
Hours distribution
24 classroom hours
Lecturers
CARMELA PROTANO

Module 3:

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/36
Year
3rd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
GIUSEPPE DE VINCENTIS

Module 4:

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/44
Year
3rd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
MAURO SALDUCCI

Module 5:

Activity type
Scienze del management sanitario
SSD
SECS-P/06
Year
3rd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
CRISTIANA ABBAFATI

Objectives

The knowledge of the Italian health care organization as a result of the various processes.
Epidemiology and prevention
of chronic diseases,
environmental health. Decree 81/2008
(Safety), the main risks in the
workplace, the occupational accident and disease prevention,
health surveillance. Comparison of
different health systems, the system
of financing SSN, the health planning and programming
processes.

Learning outcomes

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At the end of the course the student will have to know the safety procedures at work, the professional and radiological risk factors and the concepts of radiation protection


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By the end of the course, the student should be able to understand the socio-economic causes of disease, the organization of the most efficient health systems to meet health needs, and the tools for resolving inequities.

Prerequisites

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To successfully follow the course it is useful for the student to have knowledge on basic concepts of general pathology and epidemiology


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Basic knowledge about curriculum
Adequate knowledge of the basic notions of physics of electromagnetism


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There are no prerequisites

Programme

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HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Environment - human health relationship. Concepts, applicability and limits of Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). Study methodologies for human health risk assessment related to the exposure to environmental contaminants (3 hours)

Problems related to outdoor air quality. Air pollution and related adverse effects on human health. Strategies for air pollution control (3 hours)

Problems associated to indoor occupational and non-occupational environments. Indoor environmental pollution. Prevention in occupational settings: physical and chemical risks, threshold limit values(TLVs) (3 hours)

Problems related to drinking water. General characteristics of drinking water, drinking water quality standards and outline of relative legislation (3 hours)

Problems related to solid wastes and wastewater. Solid waste collection, removal and disposal. Wastewater: composition and characteristics. Removal and disposal (6 hours)

Food hygiene. Food as a risk factor and as a prevention strategy. Food-related infectious disease. Strategies for preventing food contamination (production, storage, distribution and HACCP system) (6 hours)



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Safety procedures in the workplace
Professional risk factors
The concept of radiological risk applied to diagnostic investigations
Safety procedures regarding radiation protection
Diagnostic: Nuclear medicine, CT and MRI



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Changing health needs and the resulting sustainability of health systems will be analyzed. In particular, the demand for health will be studied in correlation with the socioeconomic development of countries, income distribution, and trade determinants. Then the topic of universal health coverage, health systems, health inequalities and interventions to resolve inequalities will be explored.

Books

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Meloni C. Igiene per le professioni sanitarie. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2009.

During the course of the lessons, students are provided with educational material, constantly updated, both in paper and computer equipment.


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Didactic material provided by the teacher
Book: Manuale di diagnostica per immagini nella pratica medica. Giovagnorio. Editore. Società editrice Esculapio



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Teacher's slide

Bibliography

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Didactic material provided by the teacher
Book: Manuale di diagnostica per immagini nella pratica medica. Giovagnorio. Editore. Società editrice Esculapio



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Lessons mode

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Lectures and classroom exercises during the course of the lessons


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Usual teaching


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classes

Frequency

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Attendance to the lesson is recorded by signing on a specific form


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Attendance to lesson is mandatory for 67%


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face to face teaching

Exam mode

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The exam includes a question on the program carried out for each module of the integrated course. The final grade results from the arithmetic mean of the grades of the individual modules


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Oral interview


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Written exam: six multiple choice questions and one out of three open questions that require an articulated answer with verbal, graphic, and analytical expressions. An oral exam will follow.
This examination method allows you to verify both the provisions of the Dublin Descriptors 1 and 2 and the mastery of the language and clarity of presentation.
The time available for the written exam is 50 minutes. The weight of the tests constitutes respectively 50% of the final result.


Example exam questions

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Drinking water criteria

Municipal solid waste management

Health risks connected with the chemical contamination of food

Health risks connected with the microbiological contamination of food


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what are the absorbed dose and equivalent dose?


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The Burden of Disease
Comparing Health Systems
Income inequality and health

Arguments

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  • Academic year2024/2025
  • Degree program to which the course belongsHealth Assistance
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU6 CFU, distributed among 5 integrated didactic modules
  • Total duration72 hours