- Docente: Francesco Saverio Violante
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/44
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques (cod. 8487)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will know the general concepts of the Occupational Medicine and hygiene. Particular attention will be devoted to chemical hazards.
Course contents
Part A: introductory lectures that will focus on the general concepts and on the methods applied in the field of Occupational Medicine
Lecture 1 Introduction to occupational medicine (history, statistics, scientific framework, aims)
Lecture 2 Reference legislative frame. The role of the occupational physician. Mandatory reports and certifications
Lecture 3 Risk Assessment: contents and methodology.
Lecture 4 Classification of occupational risk factors (physical, chemical, biological agents, biomechanical and relational factors).
Part B: Occupational hygiene
Lecture 5 General concepts. Exposure limits to noxious agents, environmental and biological monitoring
Lecture 6 Sources of uncertainty and interpretation of monitoring results. Examples of environmental/biological monitoring
Part C: Chemical agents in the work-place and their effect on workers’ health
Lecture 7 Metals
Lecture 8 Solvents
Lecture 9 Pesticides
Part D: Physical agents in the work-place and their effect on workers’ health
Lecture 10 Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
Lecture 11 Noise and vibration
Part E: lectures on specific occupational diseases. The focus will be on those conditions with the higher population burden.
Lecture 12 Work-related cancers
Lecture 13 Musculoskeletal disorders II and peripheral entrapment neuropathies
Lecture 14 Work-related skin disorders, occupational hearing loss and barotrauma
Lecture 15 Work-related respiratory diseases (asthma, allergic alveolitis, pneumoconiosis, BPCO)
Lecture 16 Reproductive hazards in the workplace. Legislation for the protection of working mothers
Part F: special topics
Lecture 17 Occupational medicine in the healthcare work setting
Lecture 18 Psychosocial risk factors in the workplace. Models for job-stress. Bullying, mobbing, and burnout
Readings/Bibliography
Pira, Romano, Carrer. Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro. Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2017.
Alessio and Apostoli. Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro e Igiene Industriale per Tecnici della Prevenzione. Piccin-Nuova Libraria, 2014.Office hours
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