- Docente: Roberta Bonfiglioli
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/44
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 6064)
-
from Oct 28, 2025 to Nov 17, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to understand the work/health and work/pathology relationship and the role of preventive measures in the occupational field
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
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.