ID:
503684
Duration (hours):
16
CFU:
2
SSD:
MEDICINA DEL LAVORO
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 12/06/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
At the end of the course the student must know:
- The physiological and toxicological basis of occupational pathologies.
- The principles of occupational exposures monitoring and occupational diseases prevention
In addition, he must have understood:
- The relationships between occupational exposures and workers' pathologies.
- The complexity of the interactions between the different health risks present in environments and workplaces
Finally, he must be able to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the Occupational Medicine course to the prevention of occupational pathologies and to the understanding of the clinical characteristics of pathologies related to occupational exposures.
- The physiological and toxicological basis of occupational pathologies.
- The principles of occupational exposures monitoring and occupational diseases prevention
In addition, he must have understood:
- The relationships between occupational exposures and workers' pathologies.
- The complexity of the interactions between the different health risks present in environments and workplaces
Finally, he must be able to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the Occupational Medicine course to the prevention of occupational pathologies and to the understanding of the clinical characteristics of pathologies related to occupational exposures.
Course Prerequisites
The student must have full understanding of human anatomy and physiology.
Teaching Methods
The course is organized in lectures. In each lesson space will be given to the interactive discussion of the topics with the students present in the classroom in order to make learning the fundamental concepts of the subject more efficient and easier.
During reception hours, the teachers are available for clarification on the topics covered in the course.
During reception hours, the teachers are available for clarification on the topics covered in the course.
Assessment Methods
Written text examination. The assessment will take into account the level of knowledge of the topics, the clarity of presentation, the property of language and the ability to establish logical connections between different topics.
Texts
- Alessio L, Franco G, Tomei F. (Editors), Trattato di Medicina del Lavoro [Treatise on occupational medicine], 2 vol., Ed. Piccin, Padua, Italy, 2015.
- Tomei F, Candura SM, Sannolo N et al., Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro [Manual of Occupational Medicine], Ed. Piccin, Padua, Italy, 2019.
- Imbriani M, Maugeri U. Elementi di Medicina del Lavoro [Elements of Occupational Medicine]. II edition, ed. Arachne, Roma, Italy, 2014.
- Tomei F, Candura SM, Sannolo N et al., Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro [Manual of Occupational Medicine], Ed. Piccin, Padua, Italy, 2019.
- Imbriani M, Maugeri U. Elementi di Medicina del Lavoro [Elements of Occupational Medicine]. II edition, ed. Arachne, Roma, Italy, 2014.
Contents
The course will include topics related to:
- Discipline entirety and historical development.
- Principles of environmental and biological monitoring.
- Pathologies related to physical risk factors, in particular:
- Acute and chronic noise disorders (hypoacusis)
- Whole-body and hand-arm mechanical vibrations pathologies
- Severe microclimate pathologies
- Pathologies caused by ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
- Pathologies related to chemical risk factors, in particular:
- Pathologies caused by exposure to solvents
- Pathologies caused by exposure to pesticides
- Pathologies caused by exposure to metals, including nanoparticles
- Diseases due to inhalable inorganic dusts (silicosis, asbestosis)
- Pathologies due to sensitizing agents (occupational asthma, extrinsic allergic alveolitis)
- Notes on biological risk factors.
- Notes of pathology due to psychological risk factors (stress, mobbing, burnout) and work organization (shift work)
- Outline of pathology related to ergonomics and manual handling of loads.
- Specific focus on occupational malignant neoplasms:
- General principles of carcinogenesis
- Carcinogenesis by antiblastic drugs
- Main cancers due to occupational exposures.
- Discipline entirety and historical development.
- Principles of environmental and biological monitoring.
- Pathologies related to physical risk factors, in particular:
- Acute and chronic noise disorders (hypoacusis)
- Whole-body and hand-arm mechanical vibrations pathologies
- Severe microclimate pathologies
- Pathologies caused by ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
- Pathologies related to chemical risk factors, in particular:
- Pathologies caused by exposure to solvents
- Pathologies caused by exposure to pesticides
- Pathologies caused by exposure to metals, including nanoparticles
- Diseases due to inhalable inorganic dusts (silicosis, asbestosis)
- Pathologies due to sensitizing agents (occupational asthma, extrinsic allergic alveolitis)
- Notes on biological risk factors.
- Notes of pathology due to psychological risk factors (stress, mobbing, burnout) and work organization (shift work)
- Outline of pathology related to ergonomics and manual handling of loads.
- Specific focus on occupational malignant neoplasms:
- General principles of carcinogenesis
- Carcinogenesis by antiblastic drugs
- Main cancers due to occupational exposures.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Additional teaching materials will be made available to students through interaction with the teacher and / or publication on the institutional teaching sites.
Degrees
Degrees
ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Bachelor’s Degree
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