Ateneo - UPO

The study programme includes:
- the role of the Occupational Medicine in the Health and Safety system at the workplace
- a summary knowledge of european and national legislation
- a description of obligations in charge to the occupational physicians
- The analysis of the main risk factors currently present at workplace and the related adverse effects

There are no books currently available and appropriate for the study program
Reccomended to write note during the lessons

To train the students on the meaning on the health protection at workplace
To make the theoretical framework to face the process of the risk assessment and the risk management
To provide specific knowledges on the main risk present at workplace

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Interactive lectures with presentations in MS-Power Point format. Use of educational websites. Discussion of examples of risk assessment documents and health surveillance protocols

oral examination
the objective of the test is to verify the learning of the general principles of occupational medicine with particular attention to the role of the occupational physician in the prevention system; the knowledge of the main risk factors presents in the workplace and of the diseases related to them is also verified; the ability to understand how to manage the prevention of occupational diseases is also assessed

- the role of the Occupational Medicine in the Health and Safety system at the workplace
- relevant legislation
- the risk assessment and the role of the industrial hygienist
- the diagnosis of the occupational diseases
- medical screening and medical surveillance
- the main occupational risk factors
- the pneumoconiosis
- the occupational diseases related to the chemical agents
- the occupational diseases related to the noise and the vibrations
- the carcinogenesis at workplace
- the principles of ergonomics
- the bio-hazard for the health care workers
- the work related stress

General knowledge of the occupational medicine
Strategy to analyze the workplace risks
Capability to solve the problems related to safety and health at workplace using the criteria of the evidence-based medicine