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00699 - Occupational Medicine

Academic Year 2021/2022

                
                        Docente:
                        Roberta Bonfiglioli
                    
                        Credits:
                        1
                    
                        SSD:
                        MED/44
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The students are expected to have a good kowledge of the normative and basic principles of work safety and health, workers' health surveillance, fitness for work and risk assessment.

Course contents

The course is divided into three parts (4 hours each).

Part A: general concepts and on the methods applied in the field of Occupational Medicine

Introduction to occupational medicine (history, statistics, scientific framework, aims)
Reference legislative frame. The role of the occupational physician.
Classification of occupational risk factors. Introduction to occupational toxicology and hygiene.
Aging workers

Part B: Occupational diseases

Work-related muscoloskeletal disorders
Occupational cancer
Stress-related diseases (bullying, mobbing, and burnout)
Work, fertility and pregnancy

Part C: Occupational risk factors in the healthcare setting (focused on the clinical laboratory)

Biomechanical overload
Chemical risk, Hazardous substances
Biological risk and immunoprophylaxis
Skin diseases and asthma

Readings/Bibliography

Teaching material

https://osha.europa.eu/it/themes

Pira, Romano, Carrer. Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro. Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2017.

Teaching methods

Lectures will involve Power Point presentations, videos and images of jobs.

Scientific papers analysis.

Assessment methods

The final exam will consist of a written assignment.

The exam will focus on the issues indicated in the "Course contents" section.

Students are asked to answer at n.2 open-ended questions.

one question on the general topics (Part A) (maximum score 15)
one question on contents of Part B and/or C (maximum score 16)

To get the maximum final score (30/30 cum laude) students should answer correctly to both questions. Minimum final scoring (18/30) will be awarded for a pass-scoring of 9 for each question. Final score will be proportionally calculated for intermediate results.

Time for completing the test: 60 minutes.

Teaching tools

Lectures will involve Power Point presentations.

Videos and images will be presented.

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.