00699 - Occupational Medicine

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

• Recognize the role of a health professional in the occupational health field;
• Describe the general relation between work activity (risk factors for health and safety), lifestyle and other relevant determinants of health;
• Recognize the epidemiology of the most common occupational diseases;

Course contents

Introduction to Occupational Medicine

• Introduction to occupational medicine: history, scientific framework, aims
• Reference legislative frame.
• Occupational Injuries and Diseases
• Occupational hazards and risk factors: physical, chemical, biological agents, biomechanical and psychosocial 
  

Occupational diseases and risk factors in the health care setting

• Occupational cancer
• Chemical hazards
  
• Respiratory diseases
• Skin diseases
• Biological risk (blood borne diseases, HIV, Hepatitis B)
• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Biomechanical overload and Psychosocial (relational) factors
• Infectious diseases in the occupational setting 

Reproductive hazards in the workplace

Readings/Bibliography

Scientific papers.

Lectures (slides)

Medicina del lavoro. Manuale per le professioni sanitaria. Angela Sacco, Matteo Ciavarella, Giuseppe De Lorenzo. 2018

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures.

Assessment methods

Project work

Teaching tools

If needed, they will be distributed directly or via the university website.

Office hours

See the website of Roberta Bonfiglioli