Dental School

Activity type

Attività formative affini o integrative

SSD

MED/44

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12 classroom hours

Lecturers

GIUSEPPE LA TORRE

Activity type

Attività formative affini o integrative

SSD

MED/44

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12 classroom hours

Lecturers

GIUSEPPE LA TORRE

Activity type

Attività formative affini o integrative

SSD

SECS-P/10

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12 classroom hours

Lecturers

MAURO GATTI

Activity type

Attività formative affini o integrative

SSD

SECS-P/10

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

1

Hours distribution

12 classroom hours

Lecturers

MAURO GATTI

The course is focused on the interdisciplinary competences needed by odontologists, ranging from economic and managerial skills to the main elements of occupational medicine.
By the end of the course, the student must:
• be acquainted with the way of thinking of economists; know the basic elements of market equilibrium; be able to take account of health care sector peculiarities; know the basic types of healthcare systems in the world, with their main strengths and weaknesses; the financing mechanisms of healthcare both at macro-level (healthcare systems) and micro-level (hospital and other healthcare organizations); the main tools of management control in the healthcare organizations;
• know the basic concepts of health and safety at work, the main health risks for dental practitioner and his staff in order to avoid occupational injuries and diseases.
• know the basic elements of the legislation to allow the dental practitioner to work in compliance with Italian and European regulations.
At the end of the course the student must:
• know how to apply learned skills to safely operate avoid occupational injuries and diseases;
• develop a professional attitude to adopt professional behaviors in accordance with the principles of equity, effectiveness and efficiency
• be able to follow in given circumstances a logic different from the usual one applied by physicians
Learning outcomes:
The module aim is to orient students to the careful analysis of main themes of health economics and management.
By the end of the course, the student must:
• be acquainted with the way of thinking of economists; know the basic elements of market equilibrium; be able to take account of health care sector peculiarities; know the basic types of healthcare systems in the world, with their main strengths and weaknesses; the financing mechanisms of healthcare both at macro-level (healthcare systems) and micro-level (hospital and other healthcare organizations); the main tools of management control in the healthcare organizations;
• develop a professional attitude to adopt professional behaviors in accordance with the principles of equity, effectiveness and efficiency
• be able to follow in given circumstances a logic different from the usual one applied by physicians.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the course the student must know the basic concepts of health and safety at work, the main health risks for dental practitioner and his staff in order to avoid occupational injuries and diseases.
At the end of the course the student must know the basic elements of the legislation to allow the dental practitioner to work in compliance with Italian and European regulations.
At the end of the course the student must know how to apply learned skills to safely operate avoid occupational injuries and diseases..

General objectives
• Understand the role of public health in protecting individual and collective health.
• Acquire skills in disease prevention and health promotion in the living and working places
Knowledge and understanding
• Principles of epidemiology and epidemiological methodology for analyzing health problems.
• Regulations and prevention strategies in the workplace.
• Environmental, chemical, physical and biological risk factors in the contexts worked
Application skills
• Ability to plan and evaluate prevention and health promotion interventions.
• Use of tools for monitoring and controlling the working environment.
• Analysis of epidemiological data for the management of health risks
Critical and transversal skills
• Critical evaluation of health systems and public health policies.
• Understanding of organizational and training processes related to occupational medicine.
• Ability to communicate effectively with healthcare professionals, workers and institutions

Cultural prerequisites

• Scientific background knowledge:
o Biology and Genetics
o Chemistry and Biochemistry
o Physics and Statistics
o Microbiology and Immunology

• Cross-cutting skills:
o Critical analysis skills
o Familiarity with the scientific method
o Attitude to interdisciplinary work

Curriculum prerequisites

• Passing preparatory exams in the following areas:
o Basic sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Physics

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE MODULE
- Occupational epidemiology
- How to control the hygienic-environmental conditions of workplaces
- Safety and health in the workplace
o The actors (DL, RSPP, MC, RLS)
o The DVR
o Health surveillance
o Surveillance bodies (SPRESAL, Labor Inspectorate)
- The type of hazards
o Chemical risk
o Biological risk
o The manual handling of loads and patients
o Non-ionizing radiation
o The transversal risks
- Ergonomics principles
o General principles of ergonomics
o Principles of ergophthalmia
- Occupational accidents and diseases
o Accident trends
o Trend occupational diseases
o Neuropathies
o Nephropathies
o Hepatopathies
o Bronchopneumopathies
o Silicosis
or Asbestosis
- Radiation protection
o Ionizing radiation
o Legislative Decree 101/2020
o The authorized doctor
o The radiation protection expert
- Workrelated stress
o Some general principles
o The legislation
o The associated costs
o How to measure stress
o How to prevent stress
• VTS
• Yoga
• Mindfulness
• Forest bathing
- The assaults on health care personnel
o The methods of measuring the phenomenon
o Epidemiological data
o Prevention
• Company procedures
• Self-defense
- The mobbing
o Regulations
o Definition
o Epidemiological data
o Prevention
- Burnout
o How to measure burnout
o Epidemiological data
o Prevention

La Torre G. Manuale di Management sanitario e Medicina occupazionale. Società Editrice Universo, Roma 2025

Module: OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IS
N/D
Module: OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IIS
N/D
Module: COMPANY ORGANIZATION IS
N/D
Module: COMPANY ORGANIZATION IIS
N/D

The teacher provides frontal teaching using the traditional method, with audiovisual aids and with lesson scheduling as reported on the GOMP Classroom/Time System and published on the CdS website.
The student is required to attend the educational activities of the CdS. Attendance is verified by teachers by appeal on updated lists provided by the Teaching Secretariat as established by the CCL, upon indication of the CTP. The certificate of attendance at the mandatory teaching activities of the teaching course is necessary for the student to take the relevant exam.

Attendance at the course is mandatory

To pass the exam it is necessary to obtain a grade of no less than 18/30 in each teaching module in the same appeal session.
The student must demonstrate that he has acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered during the course, and be able to connect them in a logical and coherent way.
To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that he has acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, and be able to connect them in a logical and coherent way.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic element of the application of the Total Worker Health model?
(a) Two committees –managers, non-managers, involving all levels of the workforce
(b) Trained facilitator, building solutions, one intervention at a time
(c) Trained facilitator, who leads and coordinates the committees
(d) Designer of intervention planning processes, building solutions, one intervention at a time

Module: OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IS
N/D
Module: OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IIS
N/D
Module: COMPANY ORGANIZATION IS
N/D
Module: COMPANY ORGANIZATION IIS
N/D