- Docente: Stefania Curti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/44
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to:
- Get familiar with general concepts of Occupational Medicine
- Have a good knowledge of the normative and basic principles of work safety and health
- Recognize the epidemiology of the most common occupational diseases
Course contents
Part A: General concepts related to Occupational Medicine
- Introduction to Occupational Medicine (history, statistics, aims)
- Reference legislative frame. The role of the occupational physician
- Classification of occupational risk factors (physical, chemical, biological agents, biomechanical and relational factors)
- Introduction to occupational toxicology and hygiene
Part B: Occupational diseases
- Work-related muscoloskeletal disorders
- Occupational cancers
- Stress-related diseases (bullying, mobbing, and burnout)
- Work, fertility and pregnancy
Part C: Occupational risk factors in the healthcare setting
- Biomechanical overload
- Chemical risk
- Biological risk
- Skin diseases and asthma
Readings/Bibliography
Enrico Pira, Canzio Romano, Paolo Carrer. Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro. Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, 2021
Teaching materials (accessible through VIRTUALE platform)
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test
Teaching tools
Whiteboard, PC, video projector
Links to further information
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/stefania.curti
Office hours
See the website of Stefania Curti
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.