PREVENTION OF WORK-RELATED DISEASES

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2018/2019
Year: 
4
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2021/2022
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
3
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
36
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (24 hours), Seminar (12 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

• History ad setting of Occupational Medicine in Italy. Current legislation for the notification of occupational diseases and for the prevention of work-related exposures. The importance of a reliable and valid anamnestic reconstruction of work exposures.
• Elements of occupational epidemiology and its use
• Elements of industrial hygiene and toxicology. TLV. Toxic effects of more used solvents and metals used in industry productions.
• Notions of radiations, of the determinations of the exposures to ionising radiations and their health effects. Notion of more common work exposure to non-ionising ration and their health effects. Measurement of health effects of exposure to noise and environment work conditions.
• Theories, measurement methods and health effect of exposure to work stress. Exposures and health effects of work organisation conditions (long working hours, night shift). Mobbing and bulling at work: how to identity and manage it.
• How to recognise major work related diseases, including lung diseases, cancers, allergic disorders, cardiovascular diseases, infection diseases and musculoskeletal disorders; and the work exposure able to determining them.
• Principle and concepts on work health promotion and total worker health. The prevention of toxic drug and alcohol abuse in the work place.
• Teratogenic effects of work and environmental exposures, and prevention action for a safety pregnancy and new-borns.

Small group exercises based on clinical case reports.

• Medicina del Lavoro, lavoro ambiente e salute; cura di Pier Alberto Bertazzi – Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2013
• Worksheets and copies of slides presented in classes are available on e-learning

Class lesions and Small group exercises based on clinical case reports.

The teacher is available for students on Tuesday from 12:00 to 14:00, upon appointment. Email: marco.ferrario@uninsubria.it