Ateneo - UPO

- HEALTH STATUS
- HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
- CLINICAL RISK
- PRINCIPLES OF HOSPITAL HYGIENE
- LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE

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The course provides students with an integrated view of Public Health and the organization of healthcare services. It develops the skills needed to apply preventive strategies, understand the dynamics of the National Health Service, and balance clinical appropriateness with health economics. Furthermore, it promotes a culture of safety by providing operational tools for clinical risk management, the control of hospital-acquired infections, and the exercise of effective leadership within multidisciplinary teams.

Bases in statistics

Lectures, plenary discussions, 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.

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 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 quizzes on the program. The students will have to answer multiple choice questions (4 options) single answer (one correct answer). Scores are awarded with 1 point for each correct answer, -0.25 points for each incorrect answer and 0 points for no answer.

- 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

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.