MEDICINA PREVENTIVA

4 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

PIETRO VALERIO FOTI - Module RADIOPROTECTION - MED/36 - 2 CFU
GIUSEPPE LANZA - Module Applied Medical Sciences of Preventive Medicine - MED/50 - 2 CFU

Learning Objectives

RADIOPROTECTION
The student must demonstrate to know the physical principles and the main clinical applications of the Diagnostic Imaging methods, the radiation sources and the basic elements of radioprotection.
Applied Medical Sciences of Preventive Medicine
To acquire knowledge on the risk factors of diseases and the levels and types of prevention.

To know the strategies and techniques to adopt to promote the public health and the health education at the individual and community level.

To implement the role of the occupational therapist as a promoter of the health and prevention within the multidisciplinary rehabilitative team.

Course Structure

RADIOPROTECTION
Frontal lessons as scheduled in the calendar.

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Applied Medical Sciences of Preventive Medicine
Interactive frontal lessons

Eventual seminars

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Detailed Course Content

RADIOPROTECTION
Program
- Radiological Sciences – Origin and nature of radiations employed in medical radiology
- Conventional Radiology – Digital Radiology
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Ultrasound
- Basic elements of radioprotection
- Radiation sources of interest for radioprotection
  - Natural background of radiation
  - Artificial sources of radiation that expose the population
  - Sources of radiation in occupational exposure
- Biological effects of radiation
- The current legislation
Applied Medical Sciences of Preventive Medicine
Preventive medicine and the National Health System. Levels and methodologies of prevention.

Risk factors: definition, methods, and identification techniques. The role of healthcare professionals.

Prevention, chronicity, and disability. Rehabilitation and reintegration. Planning tools and preventive and rehabilitative assistance.

Clinical risk, adverse event, and "sentinel" event: definition, prevention, and management. Guidelines and appropriateness of care.

The occupational therapy in the promotion of health and secondary and tertiary prevention across different age groups and types of subject.

Textbook Information

RADIOPROTECTION
R. Passariello – Radiologia Elementi di tecnologia (IV edizione) – Idelson-Gnocchi

Biagini - Radiobiologia e Radioprotezione - Piccin
Applied Medical Sciences of Preventive Medicine
S. Barbuti, E. Belelli, G.M. Fara, G. Giammanco. Igiene e Medicina preventiva (ultima edizione). Monduzzi Editore

R.L. Braddom. Medicina Fisica & Riabilitazione. Edizione italiana a cura di M.Laineri Milazzo e C. Bertolini (ultima edizione). Antonio Delfino Editore

Quaderni del Ministero della Salute, 2017

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