HEALTH AND SAFETY PROMOTION Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: FRANCESCO MARAMPON

Module 1: 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
RAFFAELLA RINALDI

Module 2: HYGIENE

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/42
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
ROMINA SCARSELLONE

Module 3: SAFETY IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTS

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/44
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
FRANCESCO MARAMPON

Module 4: RADIATION PROTECTION

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/36
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
FRANCESCO MARAMPON

Learning outcomes


• Health and its determinants: current context and scenario
• Epidemiological Methodology: general concepts and epidemiological measures
• Health promotion
• General disease prevention - Preventive Medicine: primary prevention
– vaccinations; secondary prevention – screening;
tertiary prevention – rehabilitation
• Hospital Hygiene: healthcare-associated infections, infectious disease reporting,
isolation; sterilization and disinfection.
• Healthcare organization



Definition and partition of Forensic medicine; crimes against life and individual safety; obligation of information to the Judicial Authority. Obligations of reporting infective and diffusive diseases; outlines on social insurances; civil law forensic medicine (juridical faculty and power of action, interdiction, disqualification). Professional ethics. Consent of the assignee; professional secret; failure to assist; patient’s medical chart; obligations resulting from the law on drugs; professional responsibility of the professional.
This program will be carried out during the II year I semester of the CdS with schedule of the lessons published on the website of the CdS in the section dedicated to the timetable of the lessons.


• Radiation physics concepts
• Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
• Ultraviolet radiation and environmental radioactivity
• Artificial optical radiation
• Electromagnetic fields, the SAR (specific absorption rate)
• Physical agents, noise, vibrations
• Chemical and biological agents
• Air quality and thermohygrometric comfort
• Patient handling
• Personal protective equipment
• Safety signs in the workplace
• Fires
• Evacuation and emergency plan
• Work-related stress



• Civil and criminal liability and rights, duties, and sanctions for various corporate
parties
• Insurance coverage and accident register
• Employer
• Manager
• Supervisor
• Worker
• Prevention and Protection Service
• Head of the Prevention and Protection Service: relations with workers'
• representatives (RLS)
• Occupational Health and Safety Physician
• Workers' Safety Representatives
• Identification of sources of risk
• Workplaces, equipment, and radiological systems
• Concept of danger
• Concept of risk
• Concept of damage
• Supervisory, control, a

Prerequisites

No prerequisites required

Programme

Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
Definition and partition of Forensic medicine; crimes against life and individual safety; obligation of information to the Judicial Authority. Obligations of reporting infective and diffusive diseases; outlines on social insurances; civil law forensic medicine (juridical faculty and power of action, interdiction, disqualification). Professional ethics. Consent of the assignee; professional secret; failure to assist; patient’s medical chart; obligations resulting from the law on drugs; professional responsibility of the professional.
This program will be carried out during the II year I semester of the CdS with schedule of the lessons published on the website of the CdS in the section dedicated to the timetable of the lessons.


Module: HYGIENE
• Health and its determinants: current context and scenario
• Epidemiological Methodology: general concepts and epidemiological measures
• Health promotion
• General disease prevention - Preventive Medicine: primary prevention
– vaccinations; secondary prevention – screening;
tertiary prevention – rehabilitation
• Hospital Hygiene: healthcare-associated infections, infectious disease reporting,
isolation; sterilization and disinfection.
• Healthcare organization


Module: SAFETY IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTS
• Civil and criminal liability and rights, duties, and sanctions for various corporate
parties
• Insurance coverage and accident register
• Employer
• Manager
• Supervisor
• Worker
• Prevention and Protection Service
• Head of the Prevention and Protection Service: relations with workers'
• representatives (RLS)
• Occupational Health and Safety Physician
• Workers' Safety Representatives
• Identification of sources of risk
• Workplaces, equipment, and radiological systems
• Concept of danger
• Concept of risk
• Concept of damage
• Supervisory, control, and assistance bodies


Module: RADIATION PROTECTION
• Radiation physics concepts
• Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
• Ultraviolet radiation and environmental radioactivity
• Artificial optical radiation
• Electromagnetic fields, the SAR (specific absorption rate)
• Physical agents, noise, vibrations
• Chemical and biological agents
• Air quality and thermohygrometric comfort
• Patient handling
• Personal protective equipment
• Safety signs in the workplace
• Fires
• Evacuation and emergency plan
• Work-related stress

Books

Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
To pass the exame, we suggesta theoretical deedening already frome the beginning of the course attendance.
For the purpose of consultation and in-depth study, the recomended books are:

- di Luca N.M., Feola T. Marinelli E., Ricci S. Nuovo Compendio di Medicina legale, Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, 2021
- Autori vari. Medicina Legale. Per studenti e medici di medicina generale Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi 2020



Module: HYGIENE
Slides
Igiene per le professioni sanitarie
Di Edues Lanciotti


Module: SAFETY IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTS
Slides
Compendio di sicurezza sul lavoro
Di AA. VV.
Edizioni Giuridiche Simone, 2020


Module: RADIATION PROTECTION
Slides provided by the teacher

Bibliography

Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
N/D
Module: HYGIENE
N/D
Module: SAFETY IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTS
Compendio di sicurezza sul lavoro
Di AA. VV.
Edizioni Giuridiche Simone, 2020


Module: RADIATION PROTECTION
Slides

Lessons mode

Frontal lessons

Frequency

Attendance in attendance

Exam mode

Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
The course includes a written test that determinates the eligibility to take the other teaching modules of the integrated course which will be achiedev by the student with a grade of not less than 18/30.
To pass the exam is necessary to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30 in each module. The student must demonstrate that they have acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics of the medico-legal program.
To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that he has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course and included in the program, he must also be able to connect them in a logical and coherent way.



Module: HYGIENE
N/D
Module: SAFETY IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTS
N/D
Module: RADIATION PROTECTION
N/D

Example exam questions

Difference between stochastic and deterministic effect

Arguments

Module: LEGAL MEDICINE

  • The lessons will take place between October 2025 and January 2026 
    • Books: di Luca N.M., Feola T.  Marinelli E., Ricci S. Nuovo Compendio di Medicina legale, Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, 2021 - Autori vari. Medicina Legale. Per studenti e medici di medicina generale Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi 2020



Module: HYGIENE
  • To facilitate learning of the various topics of the program, the lessons will be held in blocks with the aim of completing the explanation of each topic in the span of a single lesson.
    • Books: Slides



Module: SAFETY IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTS
  • To facilitate learning of the various topics of the program, the lessons will be held in blocks with the aim of completing the explanation of each topic in the span of a single lesson.
    • Books: Slides



Module: RADIATION PROTECTION
  • To facilitate learning of the various topics of the program, the lessons will be held in blocks with the aim of completing the explanation of each topic in the span of a single lesson.
    • Books: Slides


Sustainability goals

  • Goal3
  • Goal4
  • Goal5
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongsBiomedical Laboratory techniques - Course A - Roma Azienda Policlinico Umberto I
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU5 CFU, distributed among 4 integrated didactic modules
  • Total duration50 hours