Ateneo - UPO

- HEALTH STATUS
- HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
- CLINICAL RISK
- PRINCIPLES OF HOSPITAL HYGIENE
- LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE
- Business organization and the organizational system.
- The key features of organizational structures.
- Operating systems.
- Human resource management.
- The National Health Service: responsibilities, organizational structure, and personnel management.

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Rebora (2017), Scienza dell’Organizzazione. Il Design di strutture, processi e ruoli. Carocci Editore
Supplementary course materials uploaded to the DIR page of the website,

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and tools needed to understand how to use the key elements of organizational design to create effective and well-structured organizations amd to recognize and assess the influence of organizational culture on individual and group behavior. Moreover, the course aims to provide students with the knowledge and tools needed to understand how to use the key elements of organizational design to create effective and well-structured organizations amd to recognize and assess the influence of organizational culture on individual and group behavior.

Bases in statistics

Lectures, plenary discussions, case studies, critical reading of scientific articles. Some course contents will be conveyed through reading of texts and discussions. Online exercises on the DIR e-learning platform.

The material used in class will be made available on the DIR platform Some exercises will be done in the context of direct teaching. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services- students- physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects. Gender mainstreaming: approaches to grant equal benefits in actions and activities for women and mens and for eliminating gender inequalities

Multiple-choice quiz on the program. Students will have to answer 31 multiple-choice questions (4 options, only one correct). Scores are awarded as follows: 1 point for each correct answer, -0.25 points for each incorrect answer, and 0 points for each unanswered question.

- HEALTH STATUS: Principles of hygiene and public health; Health Inequalities; Natural history of diseases; Epidemiological transition; Risk factors and Causal factors; Health promotion and disease prevention; Lifestyle medicine
- HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: Definition; Components of healthcare systems; Healthcare system models; Historical evolution in Italy. Principles of Health Economics; Principles of healthcare planning: the National Health Plan; The Essential Levels of Care.
- CLINICAL RISK: Concepts and definitions, Epidemiology and impact, Sentinel events, Risk definition tools, Risk analysis tools, Implementation strategies
- PRINCIPLES OF HOSPITAL HYGIENE: Incidence, prevention and control of the main hospital infections. The processes of cleaning, disinfection, asepsis and sterilization; Hospital waste
- LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE: Team analysis and building, the decision-making process in team working, conflict management within the team

Inoltre, per la parte di organizzazione aziendale:
Organization Theory
Organizational Structures and Models
Key Challenges in Organizational Design
Organizational Culture
Organizational Change and Development
Human Resource Management
The National Health Service: Responsibilities, Organizational Structures, and Personnel Management

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

- Understand the fundamental principles of hygiene and public health.
- Analyze health determinants, recognizing inequalities and the impact of risk and causal factors on the population.
- Describe the natural history of diseases and the processes of epidemiological transition.
- Evaluate and promote disease prevention and health promotion strategies, integrating the concepts of lifestyle medicine.
- Identify the components and classify the different healthcare system models at an international level.
- Reconstruct the historical evolution of the National Health Service (SSN) in Italy.
- Interpret the dynamics of healthcare services by applying the basic principles of health economics.
- Explain the criteria of healthcare planning, with particular reference to the National Health Plan and the application of the Essential Levels of Care (LEA).
- Define the key concepts of clinical risk and evaluate its epidemiology and impact on healthcare facilities.
- Recognize sentinel events and critical issues in care pathways.
- Use methodological tools for the definition and both the preventive and reactive analysis of risk.
- Describe the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and apply appropriate measures for their prevention and control.
- Distinguish correctly the processes of cleaning, disinfection, asepsis, and sterilization.
- Analyze the dynamics necessary for the building and effectiveness of a team in a healthcare setting.
- Actively participate in and guide decision-making processes within team working.
- Apply communication and mediation techniques for the management and resolution of conflicts within the work group.

For Organizzazione Aziendale:
Applying Knowledge and Understanding
The knowledge acquired during the course will enable students to apply managerial and organizational competencies within the healthcare context. In particular, students will be able to use the terminology of organization and management studies appropriately, analyze organizational structures, processes, and dynamics, and understand the characteristics of the organizational and institutional environment in which healthcare organizations operate.

Making Judgments
The course will foster students’ ability to formulate independent and well-grounded judgments regarding key organizational and managerial choices. Students will be able to critically analyze issues related to organizational design, people management, and behavioral dynamics, including in situations characterized by complexity and uncertainty.

Learning Skills
The course will enable students to understand the main organizational and behavioral dynamics by placing the analysis of different organizational units within a systemic and integrated perspective of organizational management. Students will also be able to relate organizational phenomena to the broader economic, institutional, and healthcare context in which organizations operate.