The aims of the course are: 1. to provide notions about the interpretation of epidemiological studies, data analysis, and the relationships of health outcome to risk factors in the environment and the workplace; 2. to evalute and assess the risk factors associated with safety and health in a hospital environment. The program of epidemiology includes the designs of epidemiological studies, measures of outcome occurrence, and risk estimators used in cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies. The program of health risks in a hospital environment includes the physical, chemical and biological risks, interactions between occupational and non- occupational risk factors, and legislations for the protection of the workers against risks arising from occupational exposures at the workplace

Knowledge of basic elements of statistics

Elements of epidemiology, study designs, measures of occurrence and relative risk. Physical, chemical and biological risks in hospital. Environmental and personal prevention in hospital. Elements of legislation. 1. Epidemiology 1.1 Definition of epidemiology 1.2 Study designs 1.3 Data sources 1.4 Prevalence, Incidence, and Relative Risk 1.5 Direct and indirect standardisations 1.6 Cohort study, case-control study, cross-sectional study 1.7 Confounders and effect modifiers 1.8 Stratification and Mantel-Haenzel procedure 2. Health risks in hospital environment 2.1 National legislation 2.2 Roles of employees, employers, safety officer and competent doctor 2.3 Chemical agents in hospital 2.4 Biological agents in hospital 2.5 VDT 2.6 Physical agents in hospital (electromagnetic fields, optical radiation, laser) 2.7 Ionising radiation and radioprotection 2.7.1 Legislation 2.7.2 Roles of employees, employers, safety officer and authorised physician 2.7.3 Classification of workers exposed to ionising radiation 2.7.4 Acute and chronic effects of ionising radiation 2.7.5 Health surveillance

Faggiano F, Donato F, Barbone F. “Manuale di epidemiologia per la sanità pubblica”. Centro Scientifico Editore, Torino. Serie: Sanità Pubblica n. 3, 2008 Alessio, Apostoli: “Medicina del lavoro e Igiene Industriale per i tecnici della prevenzione nell’ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro”. Piccin 2008 Slides and texts (pdf) provided by the professor

1. Epidemiology 1.1 Definition of epidemiology 1.2 Study designs 1.3 Data sources 1.4 Prevalence, Incidence, and Relative Risk 1.5 Direct and indirect standardisations 1.6 Cohort study, case-control study, cross-sectional study 1.7 Confounders and effect modifiers 1.8 Stratification and Mantel-Haenzel procedure 2. Health risks in hospital environment 2.1 National legislation 2.2 Roles of employees, employers, safety officer and competent doctor 2.3 Chemical agents in hospital 2.4 Biological agents in hospital 2.5 VDT 2.6 Physical agents in hospital (electromagnetic fields, optical radiation, laser) 2.7 Ionising radiation and radioprotection 2.7.1 Legislation 2.7.2 Roles of employees, employers, safety officer and authorised physician 2.7.3 Classification of workers exposed to ionising radiation 2.7.4 Acute and chronic effects of ionising radiation 2.7.5 Health surveillance

Frontal teaching

The evaluation of the student includes a written and/or oral test, possible tests in progress in which questions concerning the course program are proposed The student must demonstrate that he has achieved the learning objectives of the course. The exam score is attributed by means of a vote expressed out of thirty. To pass the exam (18/30) the student must demonstrate that he has acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics. To achieve the maximum score (30/30 cum laude), the student must demonstrate that he has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered.

Gender assessment of risks in healthcare professionals Epidemiological assessment of risk factors for health and in the workplace