Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
MED/42 (GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
(26/09/2022 - 13/01/2023)
Lesson hours
32 lesson hours
Prerequisites
General understanding of health and its determinants
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to provide key basic concepts on hygiene, preventive medicine and public health, with particular reference their application in medicine and surgery.
Course contents
General concepts of hygiene, preventive medicine and public health, with particular reference to their implementation in medicine and surgery: determinants of health, levels of prevention, health promotion, health education
Elements of epidemiology applied to the areas of interest of medicine and surgery: data sources and surveillance systems, measures of frequency and effect, study designs, data interpretation
Elements of health legislation, policy and management applied to the areas of interest of medicine and surgery.
Elements of prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases
Teaching methods
Lectures and case studies
Reccomended or required readings
Signorelli C, Odone A et al. Igiene e sanità pubblica – Secrets, domande e risposte. Società Editrice Universo, Roma, 2021 ISBN: 9788865151839
Other recent public health textbooks
Additional readings
Assessment methods
Exam with a written and oral component
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