Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
MED/42 (GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL-SURGICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND PEDIATRIC SCIENCES
Course
SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
(03/10/2022 - 23/01/2023)
Lesson hours
56 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 dentistry.
Course contents
General concepts of hygiene, preventive medicine and public health, with particular reference to their implementation in dentistry: determinants of health, levels of prevention, health promotion, health education.
Elements of epidemiology applied to the areas of interest of obstetrics: 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 the dentistry.
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
Oral or written examination according to the needs of appeal
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa