HUMAN ANATOMY

Course objectives

General Objectives of the Integrated Course Knowledge of basic rules to preserve and promote the health of individuals and communities, rules and practices designed to maintain and promote health and the main laws regulating health maintenance and promotion. Knowledge of inequalities in health and health care between and within countries. Knowledge of the main Global Health policies against inequalities in health and health care. Knowledge of the basic principles of general and applied hygiene with particular regard to health prevention in hospital and on the territory. Hospital hygiene and study of the characteristics and peculiarities of the interventions. Knowledge of issues of community medicine. Adequate knowledge of family medicine and of the specific skills of GPs. Acquisition of concepts such as analysis of the health needs of a population in relation to the presence of a high frequency of chronic degenerative diseases, and tertiary prevention . The concept of "compliance" in chronic therapy, prevention in various age groups. Definition and application fields of occupational medicine, assessment of risk factors working with legislative framework and epidemiological knowledge of the principles of primary and secondary prevention of occupational diseases. Knowledge of general public health issues with regard to biological risk and NRBC due to terrorism or accidental events. Specific Objectives of the Integrated course Knowledge and understanding: passing the exam implies the knowledge of basic rules to preserve and promote the health of individuals and communities, rules and practices designed to maintain and promote health and the main laws regulating health maintenance and promotion; knowledge of the basic principles of general and applied hygiene with particular regard to health prevention in hospital and on the territory; definition and application fields of occupational medicine; hospital hygiene and study of the characteristics and peculiarities of the interventions; knowledge of general public health issues with regard to biological risk and NRBC due to terrorism or accidental events. Applying knowledge and understanding: passing the exam implies the knowledge of inequalities in health and health care between and within countries; the knowledge of the main Global Health policies against inequalities in health and health care; the knowledge of the basic principles of general and applied hygiene with particular regard to health prevention in hospital and on the territory; hospital hygiene and study of the characteristics and peculiarities of the interventions; the assessment of risk factors working with legislative framework and epidemiological knowledge of the principles of primary and secondary prevention of occupational diseases. Autonomy of judgment: passing the exam implies the ability to assess the epidemiological data autonomously and appropriately, to formulate a correct prevention and health promotion process. Communication skills: passing the exam implies the ability to effectively expose the reasoning that leads to the correct intervention and prevention strategies from the collection of epidemiological surveys. Learning skills: passing the exam implies the ability to learn basic rules to preserve and promote the health of individuals and communities, rules and practices designed to maintain and promote health and the main laws regulating health maintenance and promotion.

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MATTEO VITALI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
1. Definition and purposes of Occupational Hygiene Occupational medicine; the security; the organization 2. Decree 81/2008. Supervisory bodies; Organization, security figures: operational branch, consultative branch and support branch; DVR; training and information; health surveillance 3. Dangerous substances Chemical, mutagenic and carcinogenic risk Exposure-dose-effects-response relationship Study of the acceptability of substances for humans and toxicological prevention. Acute effects: definition and specific toxicological studies - acute toxicity. Genetic toxicology (mutagenesis) evaluation of metabolism and toxicokinetics. Effects on human health and subchronic and chronic toxicity. Acute and chronic effects: differences. Dose, time, effect relationships. Dose effect and dose response correlation curves for essential and non-essential substances. Risk assessment for the general population: Extrapolation of data from animals to humans: animal NoAEL, human NoAEL and DGA. DGA application due to the limits of the restrictive legislation in environmental matrices. Problems of the ADI in practical application: synergistic effects, extrapolation from animals, carcinogenic substances. Definition of the level of acceptability risk for carcinogens. Occupational risk assessment: the concept of threshold; national 81/2008, EC and international limits; TLV and EIB; meaning and nature of biological indicators Fine powders; fractions of occupational interest and relative limits; the environmental norm and the PM The assessment of chemical and carcinogenic risk: examples of DVR 4. Physical risk Microclimate; basic concepts and guidelines; PMV and PPD; example of DVR Noise; 81/2008 and example of DVR Vibrations; 81/2008 and example of DVR 5. Biological risk The classes of biological hazards and the related prevention and protection strategies; example DVR (purification plant); the risk of legionellosis with examples of DVR and explanation LG 2015
Prerequisites
In order to attend the lessons, students must comply with the prerequisites for the year of the course Knowledge of microbiology, infectious diseases, basic epidemiology and medical pathology
Books
During the course of the lessons, students are provided with handouts, scientific articles, documents of national and international bodies, specific legislation. These documents are constantly updated and provided both in paper and electronic format
Frequency
compulsory attendance
Exam mode
Written exam: multiple choice closed questions Oral exam: open questions on all the topics of the program To pass the exam it is necessary to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30. The student must demonstrate that they have acquired sufficient knowledge of the study program topics. 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, being able to connect them in a logical and coherent way.
Bibliography
D.lgs. 9 aprile 2008, n. 81 TESTO UNICO SULLA SALUTE E SICUREZZA SUL LAVORO Attuazione dell’articolo 1 della Legge 3 agosto 2007, n. 123 in materia di tutela della salute e della sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro. (Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 101 del 30 aprile 2008 - Suppl. Ordinario n. 108) (Decreto integrativo e correttivo: Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 180 del 05 agosto 2009 - Suppl. Ordinario n. 142/L)
Lesson mode
Teaching delivered in conventional mode, mainly face to face and in frontal teaching. It is possible that a limited didactic activity is provided electronically. The teaching program contains all the topics that will be covered in class, during which the participation of students will be stimulated through: open questions asked by the teacher, with guided discussion up to the solution openness to voluntary student interventions question time
DAVIDE CASTIGLIA Lecturers' profile
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseMedicine and Surgery
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year5th year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDMED/44
  • CFU2