TR21B3D - GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE

courses

ID:

TR21B3D

Duration (hours):

24

CFU:

SSD:

IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (03/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Course Objectives

The teaching contributes to the realization of the educational objectives of the Course of Studies in Imaging and radiotherapy techniques providing students with the knowledge necessary for the achievement of preventive strategies for the protection of health.

EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the lessons of the course the student will have to:
- understand the determinants of health, hazards and risk factors, prevention strategies, both collective and individual protection systems and interventions aimed at protecting the health and safety of workers and users.

Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the lessons of the course the student will have to:
- Know how to undertake adequate preventive and protective actions against diseases, maintaining and promoting the health of the individual of the family and the community.
-To be able to use evaluation techniques to collect data accurately on the main health problems of the patients.

Making Judgments
At the end of the lessons of the course the student will have to:
-be able to evaluate prevention strategies

Course Prerequisites

The student must possess the basic knowledge of biology and anatomy

Teaching Methods

Teaching is structured in lectures that provide a strong interactive component between Teacher and Students.
The course is divided into two phases that are preliminary to each other.
The aim of the first phase is to provide the conceptual basis of the epidemiological discipline, its generic and specific rationale for the application in the prevention of infectious diseases.
The second training objective is to equip the student with basic knowledge on the diffusion, transmission and prevention methods of the main infectious diseases with a wide diffusion or particular severity.

Assessment Methods

Oral exam: the student must demonstrate his / her preparation by clearly and organized discussing the topics requested by the teacher.
The evaluation will be carried out using marks out of thirty.

Texts

- Book: Meloni C. Igiene per le lauree delle professioni sanitarie. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
- Additional teaching material: Slide projected in class and provided by the teacher

- Frequency and Association Measures; - Descriptive and Analytical Study Designs; - RCTs; - Screening; - Infectious Disease Prophylaxis; - Vaccinations - Hepatitis; - Meningococcal Meningitis; - Tetanus; - Influenza; - Sanitation and Sterilization.