- Docente: Andrea Tarozzi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/14
- Language: English
- Moduli: Andrea Tarozzi (Modulo 1) Andrea Tarozzi (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness, Sport and Health (cod. 5813)
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from Oct 20, 2023 to Nov 03, 2023
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from Oct 06, 2023 to Dec 01, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student acquires knowledges about: - basic pharmacology and toxicology for the prevention and maintenance of health in relation to environment and lifestyles, across the lifespan; - the various relationship issues between drug use and objective and subjective factors of wellness and health as well as life quality.
Course contents
ENVIRONMENT and INDIVIDUALS
Concepts of hazard, risk and safety for human health
Natural and built environment affecting human health
Hazard identification, risk perception, risk and safety management
DRUG USE in INDIVIDUALS
How drugs act in individuals
Factors modifying the effects of drugs: age, gender, life style and diseases
Pharmacological and toxicological aspects of drug abuse
QUALITY of LIFE (QoL) and WELL-BEING of INDIVIDUALS
Concepts of QoL, objective and subjective Well-being
Quantitative measurement: human development index, world happiness report and other measures
Readings/Bibliography
The file of the lessons are available at AMS Campus -AlmaDL - University of Bologna : http://campus.unibo.it [http://campus.unibo.it/]
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
The final exam will consist of a written test. Four themes will be selected from a predefined list related to the topics covered in Module 1 (Environment and health) and Module 2 (Drugs and health) courses, which you can access via UNIBO's virtual spaces (https://virtuale.unibo.it/ ).
The student will have 80 minutes to complete the written test on https://eol.unibo.it/ .
The final mark is the sum of the score obtained for each theme. The maximum score for each theme is 8. A final score of 31 or higher is praised.
To take the exam, you need to register on Almaesami (https://almaesami.unibo.it/almaesami/welcome.htm ).
*The theme is a short description of specific topic
Teaching tools
PC, websites.
The file of the lessons are available at AMS Campus -AlmaDL - University of Bologna : http://campus.unibo.it [http://campus.unibo.it/]
Office hours
See the website of Andrea Tarozzi