Applied knowledge and understanding: - understanding of the main theoretical references of the subject and their applicability in the workplace.
- Autonomy of judgment: - Being able to evaluate the complexity of professional and organizational action, to recognize the sources of stress and the possible onset of burnout syndrome.
Communication skills: Ability to establish effective communication, both when listening to complex and conflictual situations, which are a precursor to burnout syndrome, and when presenting one's own ideas, proposals, and opinions, with the aim of improving the organizational climate and the culture of quality and motivation in the workplace.

Learning ability: - Being aware of the need to continuously learn and develop one's professional skills in order to improve job satisfaction and prevent potentially stressful and destabilizing situations.

There is no prerequisite for attendance of the educational module

- The aim of the teaching module is to provide a conceptual framework on motivational theories and in particular on professional motivation, with specific reference to the environment and healthcare professionals.
- Knowledge of work psychology and motivation in the workplace will be provided.
- Particular emphasis will be placed on individual differences, emotions and attitudes in the workplace, and the ability to respond and resilience to stressful events.
- The main theoretical models on work-related stress and burnout will be discussed, with particular reference to counterproductive work behaviors.
- Finally, suggestions will be provided on how to deal with stressful and potentially disabling situations.

The Individual and the Work Context: An Introduction to Work and Organizational Psychology: Historical Overview. Scientific Management and Work Science, the Human Relations Movement, and Organizational Development and Contingency Theories.

Definition of motivation and prevailing theoretical orientations: content theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland); process theories (Vroom, Adams, Locke); interventions focused on motivation (job planning, organizational justice, management by objectives, participation).

Individual and personality differences in organizational contexts.
The role of emotions in the workplace.

Workplace attitudes and counterproductive work behaviors.
Stress and work contexts: definition of stress, Selye and the general adaptation syndrome, Lazarus transactional model, OECD construct.
Main theoretical models of work-related stress.

Burnout syndrome: definition, manifestations, interpretative models, and clinical and therapeutic approaches.
How can we cope with stress before it becomes fatal? What can current research teach us? Recent and older methods to help us make our professional activities more satisfying and existentially rewarding.

Lectures will be delivered with a focus on maximum student participation. Practical activities will include reading texts, group work, hands-on experiments, and presentations of past experiences.

Students do not need to purchase the reference texts indicated. The instructor will provide summary slides and other literature in the form of scientific articles, aimed at exploring specific topics in greater depth.

An oral exam will follow the end of the lectures, with questions on the topics covered during the lectures. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding the aspects of stressors in the professional environment and how to effectively cope with them.
Added value lies in the analysis and understanding of an actual experience. The oral exam will be graded out of 30. A passing grade is achieved by answering two out of three questions satisfactorily.
Praise for the evident understanding of the subject matter and the presentation of the experiential case.

Goal 3 Health and well-being