Audiometric techniques - Roma Azienda Policlinico Umberto I

Activity type

Scienze propedeutiche

SSD

M-DEA/01

Year

3rd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

10 classroom hours

Lecturers

FRANCESCA MEGIORNI

Activity type

Scienze umane e psicopedagogiche

SSD

M-PSI/01

Year

3rd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

2

Hours distribution

20 classroom hours

Lecturers

BARBARA CALABRESE

Activity type

Attività formative affini o integrative

SSD

MED/45

Year

3rd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

10 classroom hours

Lecturers

FRANCESCA SANTORO

Activity type

Scienze umane e psicopedagogiche

SSD

MED/02

Year

3rd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

2

Hours distribution

20 classroom hours

Lecturers

SILVIA IORIO

Module: Bioethics
Knowledge of the main bioethical debates in medicine and biology.


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
N/D
Module: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
N/D

Module: Bioethics
The student must have acquired the basic notions, a good study methodology and adequate self-assessment skills.


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
N/D
Module: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Research and understanding skills of scientific articles

Module: Bioethics
- Bioethic general aspects: Catholic, secular, normative, philosophical views
- The professional profile of the laboratory technician
- Informed consent and patient information
- Collection and storage of biological samples: ethical, deontological and legal aspects
- Medically Assisted Procreation
- Staminal cells
- Gene therapy
- Genetic tests
- Notes on the directives, laws and ethics on animal experimentation.


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
The course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of general psychology and to the main mental and behavioural processes relevant to healthcare practice and patient interaction in audiological settings.
Particular attention is given to the cognitive, emotional, and relational factors that influence perception, communication, and adherence to diagnostic and therapeutic pathways.

Main Topics

Origins, methods, and fields of scientific psychology.

Basic cognitive processes: perception, attention, memory, learning, language, and thinking.

Emotions and motivation: psychological implications for health and illness.

Interpersonal communication and the healthcare professional–patient relationship.

Elements of auditory perception and language psychology.

Stress, anxiety, and coping strategies in clinical contexts.

Psychological aspects of sensory disability and adaptation to hearing aids.

Introduction to health psychology and health-related behaviours.

The course combines lectures, discussions, and case analyses to foster awareness of the psychological dimensions involved in audiometric professional practice.


Module: NURSING SCIENCES
The course provides fundamental knowledge of nursing principles and hygiene, with particular attention to patient and healthcare worker safety.
Main topics include:

Concepts of health, illness, and care.

Role and functions of the nurse within the healthcare team.

Basic human needs and holistic care.

Principles of hygiene, asepsis, and infection prevention.

Environmental safety and management of biological risk.

Healthcare communication and the operator–patient relationship.

Basics of ergonomics and patient handling.

Introduction to the nursing process and healthcare documentation.

The course integrates theoretical and practical perspectives to promote professional behaviour oriented toward care, safety, and interdisciplinary collaboration.


Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Evolution of the concept of illness and disease, medicine as culture; from the ontological and theurgic conception to genetic pathologies health and disease in the Ancient age; health and disease in the Middle Age; health and disease in the Modern Age ; health and disease in the contemporary age; the idea of contagion and the development of bacteriology; experience and experiment in medicine; from empiricism to the measurement of phenomena in medicine; from didactic dissection to anatomy; - pathological anatomy and cellular pathology; epistemological revolutions of medical science; history of health care; the critical analysis of interaction between biomedical services and population; the impact of biomedicine and biomedical technologies; illness-sickness-disease; Equity in Health; determinants oh health; bio-psyhco-social approach; structural violence; social suffering; neuroscience;

Module: Bioethics
Slides and research articles. Some Bioethics' books are suggested during the lessons.


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Teaching materials provided by the lecturer


Module: NURSING SCIENCES
Teaching materials provided by the lecturer


Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Angeletti L.R., Gazzaniga V., 2006, Storia, Filosofia ed etica generale della medicina, Milano, Masson
Conforti M., Corbellini G., Gazzaniga V., 2011, Dalla cura alla scienza. Malattia, salute e società nel mondo occidentale, Encyclomedia Publishers.
Grmek M.D., 2007, Storia del pensiero medico, Antichità e Medioevo, Roma, Laterza.

Module: Bioethics
N/D
Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
N/D
Module: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Grmek M.D., 2007, Storia del pensiero medico, Antichità e Medioevo, Roma, Laterza.
Beauchamp L. –Childress J.F., 1999, Principi di etica biomedica, Firenze, Le Lettere.
Berlinguer G., 2000, Bioetica quotidiana, Firenze, GiuntiPanter-Brick. 2014. Medical humanitarianism: Research insights in a changing field of practice. Social Science & Medicine 120:311 - 316. Publisher's VersionYang, Lawrence H, et al. 2014.What matters most: A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma. Social Science & Medicine 103:84 - 93. Publisher's VersionAbstract

Module: Bioethics
Frontal lessons in presence and/or remote (for Covid-19 emergency).


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
N/D
Module: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Frontal lesson flipped classroom
If impossible, lessons via Meet and Classroom

Module: Bioethics
Mandatory


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
N/D
Module: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
obligatory

Module: Bioethics
The learning verification will take place through written and oral questions on topics covered in the frontal lessons.


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
N/D
Module: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
The exam will include self-assessment tests that will be completed by a written exam aimed at verifying the level and degree of understanding that each student has reached with regard to the theoretical-methodological information provided during the course.

Module: Bioethics
Ppt presentation and oral questions.


Module: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
N/D
Module: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
N/D

Module: Bioethics

• LESSON 1- Bioethic general aspects: Catholic, secular, normative, philosophical views
  - The professional profile of the laboratory technician
  - Informed consent and patient information.
  • Books: Slides


• LESSON 2 - Collection and storage of biological samples: ethical, deontological and legal aspects. Clinical trials and bioethics.
  • Books: Slides


• LESSON 3 - Medically Assisted Procreation and embryonic rights
  - Genetic tests.
  • Books: Slides


• LESSON 4 - Staminal cells
  - Gene therapy
  - Directives, laws and ethics on animal experimentation.
  • Books: Slides