Internal Medicine, Neurology, PREVENTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE MEDICINEModule PREVENTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE MEDICINE
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: GIUSEPPE LANZAExpected Learning Outcomes
To acquire knowledge on the risk factors of the diseases and the different levels and types of prevention
To know the strategies and techniques to promote the public health and the health education at both individual and community level
To implement the role of the health professional operator as health promoter and prevention supporter within the multidisciplinary rehabilitative team
Contribution of teaching to the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - GOAL 3: Health and Wellbeing (ensure health and well-being for all and for all ages)
- Target 3.4 By 2030, reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by one third through prevention and treatment and promote health and well-being
- Target 3.d Strengthen the capacity of all countries, especially developing countries, to prevent, reduce, and manage national and global health risks
- Method: frontal lesson + any additional didactic material
Course Structure
Frontal interactive lessons, supported by slides, videos, and tutorials
Any seminar
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Preventive medicine and National Health System. Levels and methodologies of prevention
Risk factors: definition, methods, and identification techniques. The role of the healthcare professional operators
Prevention, chronicity, and disability. Rehabilitation and reintegration. Planning tools and preventive and rehabilitative assistance
Clinical risk, adverse event, and "sentinel" event: definition, prevention, and management. Guidelines and appropriateness of care
Textbook Information
Textbooks of the Italian Minister of Health (consulation handbook)
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preventive medicine and National Health System. Levels and methodologies of prevention | Textbook, slides, any additional material |
| 2 | Risk factors: definition, methods, and identification techniques. The role of healthcare professional operators | Textbook, slides, any additional material |
| 3 | Prevention, chronicity, and disability. Rehabilitation and reintegration. Planning tools and preventive and rehabilitative assistance | Textbook, slides, any additional material |
| 4 | Clinical risk, adverse event, and "sentinel" event: definition, prevention, and management. Guidelines and appropriateness of care | Textbook, slides, any additional material |
| 5 | Contribution of teaching to the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - GOAL 3: Health and Wellbeing (ensure health and well-being for all and for all ages) | Textbook, slides, any additional material |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam. Elements to be evaluated: relevance of the answers, quality of their contents, ability to connect with other topics within the program, ability to report examples, quality of technical language, and overall expressive ability.
To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, students can request a meeting in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measure, according to the educational goals and specific needs. In this case, it is advisable to contact the CInAP (Centre for Active and Participated Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or SLD) professor of the Department where the Degree Course is included.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
How many levels of prevention are there, what are their objectives and related methodologies?
How are the guidelines for the prevention and management of clinical risk established?
What is the meaning of the bio-psycho-social model and which are its main applications?