TOXICOLOGY AND LEGAL MEDICINE Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: GIUSEPPE DE VINCENTIS

Module 1: PHARMACOLOGY

Activity type
Scienze medico-chirurgiche
SSD
BIO/14
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
DANIELA MAFTEI

Module 2: DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGE AND RADIOTHERAPY

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/36
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
2
Hours distribution
20 classroom hours
Lecturers
GIUSEPPE DE VINCENTIS

Module 3: LEGAL MEDICINE

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/43
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
2
Hours distribution
20 classroom hours
Lecturers
GIORGIO BOLINO

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to understand radiation, the laws that govern it, the radiological risk and the radiation protection procedures to be implemented.

Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of physics is helpful

Programme

Module: PHARMACOLOGY
The course includes an introductory section on the fundamental principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and toxicology, which are essential for understanding how drugs and chemical substances interact with the human body.
The second part of the course focuses on pharmacovigilance and drug development, analysing the phases of preclinical and clinical trials, the evaluation of efficacy and safety, post-marketing monitoring, and the reporting of adverse reactions.
Finally, the course examines the side effects and toxicities that may result from exposure to or improper use of drugs, with particular attention to the principles of prevention and risk management in the workplace and the environment.


Module: DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGE AND RADIOTHERAPY
Safety procedures in the workplace
Professional risk factors
The concept of radiological risk applied to diagnostic investigations, dosimetry
Safety procedures regarding radiation protection
Diagnostic: Nuclear medicine, CT and MRI



Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
Main teaching objectives By the end of the course the sudent must:
Know the main legislative norms that regulate Health organization and the fundamentals of bioethics in the present-day problematic area, knowledge of ethical norms and different cultural models, the area of action of clinical bioethics and the concept of taking care of the patient.
Be able to carry out medico-legal procedures; be able to make an ethical analysis of a case history and an evaluation of the doctor’s own behaviour in critical situations following the principles of medical ethics.
Be aware of deontological obligations and responsibility in the practice of medicine and in the national area of the social security system.
Be able to be a doctor who, respecting a person’s dignity, acts by safeguarding the health and welfare of the patient and of the community, using the limited resources available by law, aware of the need to respect the patient’s rights and autonomy but at the same time helping the patient to reach a decision aimed at what is best for
him.
Knowledge of notions of thanatology and forensic pathology.
Knowledge of medico-legal issues related to provisions of the criminal law and civil law interesting personal demage and field of social and private insurance.
Knowledge of legal and ethical principles that govern the relation of medicine and law, civil and penal law questions about the legitimacy of medical treatment.
Knowledge of notions in the field of private insurance.


Books

Module: PHARMACOLOGY
Casarett and Doull "Elements of Toxicology" Edra, latest edition
• Lecture notes


Module: DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGE AND RADIOTHERAPY
Didactic material provided by the teacher
Book: Elementi di radiobiologia e radioprotezione. Guglielmi. Editore Piccin




Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
Manuale di Medicina Legale (di Luca e coll.), SEU.
Le indagini medico-legali sulla scena del crimine (Bolino e coll.), EDRA-LSWR.

Bibliography

Module: PHARMACOLOGY
N/D
Module: DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGE AND RADIOTHERAPY
N/D
Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
N/D

Lessons mode

Usual teaching

Frequency

Attendance to lesson is mandatory for 67%

Exam mode

Oral interview

Example exam questions

What are the absorbed dose and equivalent dose?

Arguments

Module: PHARMACOLOGY

  • Introduction, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Dose-Response Curves
    • Books: Casarett and Doull "Elements of Toxicology" Edra, latest edition • Lecture notes

  •  Elements of Toxicology
    • Books: Casarett and Doull "Elements of Toxicology" Edra, latest edition • Lecture notes

  • Pharmacovigilance
    • Books: Casarett and Doull "Elements of Toxicology" Edra, latest edition • Lecture notes

  • Drug Development
    • Books: Casarett and Doull "Elements of Toxicology" Edra, latest edition • Lecture notes

  • Developmental Toxicology
    • Books: Casarett and Doull "Elements of Toxicology" Edra, latest edition • Lecture notes

  • Adverse Drug Reactions
    • Books: Casarett and Doull "Elements of Toxicology" Edra, latest edition • Lecture notes



Module: DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGE AND RADIOTHERAPY



Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
  • Know how to understand the juridical, legal,
    ethical and deontological foundations of the profession, with particular
    reference to the acquisition of informed consent, the processing of DAT and
    PCC. Know the regulatory aspects that regulate professional healthcare
    responsibility in all its aspects. Learn the fundamentals of thanatology and
    forensic pathology, also with regard to the verification of death. Know the
    basics of social security and assistance. Know how to apply the rules regarding
    IVG, TSO, Violence against women.
    • Books: Manuale di Medicina Legale (di Luca e coll.), SEU.Le indagini medico-legali sulla scena del crimine (Bolino e coll.), EDRA-LSWR.


Sustainability goals

  • Goal4
  • Goal7
  • Goal12
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongsEnvironment and Workplace Prevention Techniques
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU5 CFU, distributed among 3 integrated didactic modules
  • Total duration50 hours