- Docente: Stefania Curti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/44
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)
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from May 20, 2025 to Jun 10, 2025
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to:
- Get familiar with general concepts of Occupational Medicine
- Have a good knowledge of the normative and basic principles of work safety and health
- Recognize the epidemiology of the most common occupational diseases
Course contents
Part A: General concepts related to Occupational Medicine
- Introduction to Occupational Medicine (history, statistics, aims)
- Reference legislative frame. The role of the occupational physician
- Classification of occupational risk factors (physical, chemical, biological agents, biomechanical and relational factors)
- Introduction to occupational toxicology and hygiene
Part B: Occupational diseases
- Work-related muscoloskeletal disorders
- Occupational cancers
- Stress-related diseases (bullying, mobbing, and burnout)
- Work, fertility and pregnancy
Part C: Occupational risk factors in the healthcare setting
- Biomechanical overload
- Chemical risk
- Biological risk
- Skin diseases and asthma
Readings/Bibliography
Teaching materials (accessible through VIRTUALE platform)
Enrico Pira, Canzio Romano, Paolo Carrer. Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro. Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, 2021
Teaching methods
Lectures, case discussion
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test
“Corso Integrato di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica”
The exam will consist of 64 questions covering the following topics:
- Hygiene and Infectious Diseases: 24 questions
- General and Clinical Microbiology: 16 questions
- Occupational Medicine: 8 questions
- Forensic Medicine: 8 questions
- Radioprotection: 8 questions
Duration: 1 hour
36 questions answered correctly corresponds to the minimum passing grade (18/30). The mark will increase of one point every two correct answers. More than 60 questions answered correctly corresponds to the maximum grade (30 cum laude).
To be noted that Prof. Cristini (lecturer in Hygiene and Infectious Diseases) will be in charge of the recording of the final score.
Teaching tools
Whiteboard, PC, video projector
Students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) are invited to inform the teacher of their needs in order to adopt appropriate measures or tools.
Links to further information
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/stefania.curti
Office hours
See the website of Stefania Curti
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.