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Introduction to Medicine
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Introduction to Medicine
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Academic year 2022/2023
- Course ID
- SCB0195
- Teaching staff
- Giuseppe Costa (Lecturer)
Elisabetta Versino (Coordinator)
Marco De Gobbi (Lecturer)
Alessandro Morotti (Lecturer)
Giovanni Battista Ferrero (Lecturer)
Catalina Ciocan (Lecturer) - Year
- 1st year
- Teaching period
- First semester
- Type
- Basic
- Credits/Recognition
- 4 CFU (35 hours of lectures, 17 hours of exercises)
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- MED/02 - medical history
MED/09 - internal medicine
MED/42 - hygiene and public health
MED/44 - occupational medicine - Delivery
- Formal authority
- Language
- English
- Attendance
- Mandatory
- Type of examination
- Written
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the tools in order to:
- Understand the significance of Medicine in its multifaceted aspects.
- Recognize the mission and key elements of the specialized Medicine and Surgery Degree Course at San Luigi.
- Develop a critical analysis capacity in relation to the students current role in the specialized Medicine and Surgery Degree Course at San Luigi.
- Develop a critical analysis capacity in relation to the role of a physician within a profession, organization, community, and a certain socio-cultural context.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
The aims of the module are the following
- to provide the basic knowledge of occupational diseases (by physical, chemical and biological agents) through critical analysis of clinical cases
- to evaluate of the results of the occupational medical examination
- to manage the legal obligations in occupational medicine
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Results of learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Use the methods of active pedagogy and the tools offered by the undergraduate course (core curriculum, problem-based learning, teamwork, internship or clinical pathways) to self-diagnose training needs and evaluate performance (today as a learner, tomorrow as a professional)
- Reflect on the continuum between health, sickness and disease and the role of determinants of good and poor health
- Recognize the centrality of the person and the community in their professional practice
- Recognize the need for an evidence-based approach to individual health problems and/or population
- Identify the definition of health, society and medicine as well as ethical standards and value choices associated with his/her professional figure, particularly in relation to the themes of the beginning and the end of life and the transition from childhood to adolescence
- Discuss the triad illness/sickness/disease
- Discuss the significance of compassion and empathy in a person-centred healthcare
- Discuss the transition to precision medicine and error in medicine
- Reflect on themselves, as persons, potential patients, and professionals in an organization
- Know the health risks related to the hazards in the workplace
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Course delivery
A student-centred pedagogical approach focused on the health needs of individuals and the community, using tools such as discovery learning, working in small groups, peer education, flipped classrooms, as well as experience in a protected professional environment (EPP – INTERPROFESSIONAL CLERKSHIP).
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Learning assessment methods
The evaluation will be composed of:
- An individual essay (formative evaluation) regarding either the whole course or a single module.
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Program
The course will cover one semester, with the module on safety in the workplace concentrated in January 2023 (16 hours)
- Module to introduce the course and pedagogical tools in medical education (and the "logbook") (2 hours)
- Introductory module to prevention (4 hours)
- The introductory module on evidence-based medicine (2 hours)
- The introductory module on NHS organisation (6 hours)
- The introductory module on the clinic (6 hours)
- The module on the history of medicine (6 hours)
- The module on safety in the workplace (16 hours)
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE:
- Introduction to Occupational Medicine and medical surveillance according to DL 81/2008
- Major occupational diseases from physical, chemical and biological agents
- Risk assessment in occupational scenarios: exposure evaluation
- Protection of the female worker in pregnancy and breast feeding period
- Psychosocial risk factors and work related stress
Suggested readings and bibliography
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- Article
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- Sick individuals and sick populations
- Journal title:
- International Journal of Epidemiology
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- 2001
- Author:
- Geoffrey Rose
- Volume:
- 30
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- 3
- Start, end page:
- 427-432
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- Yes
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- Book
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- Social determinants of health: the solid facts, 2nd ed
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- 2003
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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- Richard Wilkinson, Michael Marmot
- ISBN
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Ottawa Charter (Montreal 1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2quVLcJVBk
- The History of EBM: https://ebm.jamanetwork.com/
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Moduli didattici
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