The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge on the main effects induced by the interaction of the working environment with the health and safety of employees in order to implement a culture of prevention of occupational diseases and accidents at workplace. Students will be able to apply the basic concepts of hygiene in the profession in order to make assessment on the prevention of diseases, the improvement of health and safety in the workplace.

 - Definition and content of Hygiene .

- Definition of health , indicators of health and disease , risk factors

- Concepts of Epidemiology .

- General notions of prevention : complaint , isolation and quarantine measures , disinfection, sterilization , immune prophylaxis . Disinfestation .

- Factors that may affect human health : sources of contamination such as soil , water , animals , human , air .

- General rules of the HACCP system .

- Waste disposal.

- Risks and dangers in the workplace : the risk class.

- Safety signs .

None

- Knowledge and understanding : students in the Legal Science for job Consultants and Workers Safety

course must have a good knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of the system of risk prevention at the place of work relating to medical disciplines.

Applying knowledge and understanding : students of this course must be able to analyze the basic principles of the system of risk prevention at the place of work.  

Making judgements :  students must have a suitable method to identify and solve legal problems bearing job-related legal matters concerning workers safety and healthcare issues. Based on their knowledge they must be able to understand which actions to take and the necessary corrective measures.

Communication skills : students must be knowledgeable in medical-legal English.

Learning skills : students must be able to update and to examine in depth their acquired knowledge and to analyze the basic principles  of the system of risk prevention at the place of work adjusting to the different working environments where they have to operate.

Everything will be verified as indicated.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

-In due course some seminars might be carried out and their evaluation will be discussed with attending students;after attending more than half of the lessons

Teaching

-Lectures integrated with seminars.

Attendance

None . Attendance highly recommended

Course books

- Barbuti, Bellelli , Fara, Giammanco

Igiene e  Medicina Preventiva

Volume I e volume II

Monduzzi-editore

-Igiene e sicurezza del lavoro. Memento pratico Ipsoa-Francis Lefebvre 

- Alessio,Apostoli

Manuale di Medicina del lavoro e Igiene Industriale

Piccin-editore

-Melino, Messineo , Carlesi , Iavicoli

Lineamenti di Igiene del Lavoro

Società Editrice Universo

- Extra bibliography (only for attending students) will be presented in due course.

Assessment

-Oral exam : a full evaluation of the acquired competences will be carried out through an oral exam.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

-Lectures integrated with seminars.

Attendance

None.

Non attending students are highly recommended to contact the professor via email.

Course books

 Barbuti, Bellelli , Fara, Giammanco

Igiene e  Medicina Preventiva

Volume I e volume II

Monduzzi-editore

-Igiene e sicurezza del lavoro. Memento pratico Ipsoa-Francis Lefebvre 

- Alessio,Apostoli

Manuale di Medicina del lavoro e Igiene Industriale

Piccin-editore

-Melino, Messineo , Carlesi , Iavicoli

Lineamenti di Igiene del Lavoro

Società Editrice Universo

Assessment

Oral exam : a full evaluation of the acquired competences will be carried out through an oral exam.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

In the Department is active the 'Olympus Observatory for the permanent monitoring of legislation and case law on safety in the workplace'. It carries out various activities including, in particular: - the management of a website with legislative databases, case law and contractual requirements concerning safety in the workplace; - Depth articles, specialized reviews and "focus" theme; - The management of an online scientific journal - "The Working Papers of Olympus", shortly destined to mutate into "Diritto alla sicurezza sul lavoro" (DSL) - in the field of law of security in the workplace, with ISSN, which makes use of a large international scientific committee and refereeing procedures for the identification of essays to be published; - The organization of events congresses and seminars including international. This observatory, whose website is freely accessible to all in a logic of public service, allows students of the Study course to find useful materials and documentation to study and draft the dissertation. It offers, also, through the mentioned congresses meetings and seminars, the opportunity to meet with leading experts in the field and a full analysis of the most sensitive issues relating to it.

(Http://olympus.uniurb.it/)