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00699 - Occupational Medicine (AK-A)

Academic Year 2017/2018

Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
Campus: Bologna
Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Aims of the course:

To present the general concepts of the occupational medicine;
To present the most common occupational diseases;
To introduce the diagnostic framework and the management of selected occupational diseases.

Introduction to occupational medicine
Reference legislative frame. The role of the occupational physician.
Classification of occupational risk factors
Introduction to occupational toxicology and hygiene
Work-related cancers I: general concepts, neoplasm that are frequently caused by occupational risk factor
Work-related cancers II: high incidence neoplasms also related to occupational risk factor
Musculoskeletal disorders
Metal toxicit
Toxicity of aromatic solvents, aliphatic solvents, and ketones
Endocrine disruptors
Work-related skin disorders
Occupational hearing loss
Work-related respiratory disease
Reproductive hazards in the workplace.
Occupational medicine in the healthcare work setting
Psychosocial risk factors in the workplace. Models for job-stress. Bullying, mobbing, and burnout

Mutti A and Corradi M. Lezioni di Medicina del Lavoro. Nuova Editrice Berti, 2014.

LaDou J and Harrison R. Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine (5^th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education, 2014

Multiple choice test

Teaching materials available on AMS Campus