- Docente: Roberta Bonfiglioli
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Course contents
Prevention at the workplace
Risk factors in the working environment
Occupational Medicine: general background and evolution of working conditions.
Preventable pathologies. Occupational accidents and diseases.
Occupational Medicine and Global Health: impact and prevention of occupational pathologies in developing countries.
Risk Assessment: contents and methodology.
Classification of risk factors (physical, chemical, biological agents, biomechanical and relational factors).
Occupational Hygiene: exposure limits to noxious agents, environmental and biological monitoring.
Occupational Pathology
Diseases due to physical agents
Thermal environment.
Biological effects of occupational exposure to vibrations.
Auditory and extra-auditory effects of exposure to noise.
Health effects of occupational exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation (optical radiation included).
Diseases due to chemical agents
Occupational metal poisoning (lead, chromium, nickel).
Work-related skin diseases.
Occupational poisoning by aromatic solvents (toluene, xylene, styrene), aliphatic solvents (n-esane) and ketones (acetone).
Health effects of occupational exposure to plant protection products.
Risk from chemicals in the healthcare environment: antineoplastic drugs, volatile anaesthetics, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, latex.
Occupational pneumopathies
Lung diseases due to dusts and chemical agents: asthma, allergic alveolitis, pneumoconiosis, bronchopneumopathies.
Occupational cancers
Work-related neoplasias.
Diseases due to biological agents
Major occupational infections.
Diseases due to biomechanical factors
Musculoskeletal disorders due to biomechanical overload.
Diseases due to relational factors
Shiftwork and nightwork.
Stress, Burn-out, Mobbing.
Legislation and management
Workplace safety and health protection
Reference legislative frame. The professional role of the occupational physician.
Mandatory reports and certifications. Legislation for the protection of working mothers and reproduction risks.
Readings/Bibliography
- Aw TC et al. Poket Consultant: Occupational Health. Fifth Edition, Blckwell Publishing, 2007
- Agius RM et al. Practical Occupational Medicine. Second edition. Hodder Arnold Publication, 2006
- Levy BS et al. Occupational and Enviromental Health. Sixth Edition, Lippincott William & Wilkins, 2010
- Ladou J. Current Occupational & Enviromental Medicine. Fourth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2007
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test
Teaching tools
Teaching materials available on AMS Campus
Office hours
See the website of Roberta Bonfiglioli