PUBLIC HEALTH
cod. 1004984

Academic year 2017/18
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
VERONESI Licia
integrated course unit
3 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

Provide the student with the basic tools and methodology to enable him/her to understand the concepts and contexts for the application of the prevention of infectious and chronic degenerative diseases as well as the fundamentals of the epidemiology applied (concept of risk factor, causality relationship, epidemiological studies)
Knowledge of imaging methods for ear study and their indications; CT Anatomy of the middle and inner ear; Overview of pre-surgical imaging.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the anatomy and pathology of the ear.

Course unit content

Preventive medicine and imaging techniques

Full programme

General epidemiology of communicable diseases: Reservoir and Source of the infection, Modes of transmission. The levels of prevention (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary). General Prevention of communicable diseases: Notification, Diagnostic assessment, Isolation and quarantine, Disinfection/sterilization, Active immunization, Passive immunization.
General Prevention of non-communicable diseases. Determinants of health and disease. The methodology of screening, sensibility, specificity and predictive value. Methods in epidemiology and elements of demography. Health indicators. Risk rate (Incidence and Prevalence), Causal Inference (Relative risk, Attributable risk and odds ratio). Classification of the epidemiological studies and some aspects of experimental studies (randomized controlled studies – RCTs).


Production of CT and MRI images and indications to execution; CT Anatomy of the middle and inner ear; Malformations of the inner ear; Introduction to pre-surgical imaging; Discussion of clinical cases.

Bibliography

Signorelli. Igiene e sanità pubblica, I edizione 2017, Società editrice Universo;
“Imaging of the temporal bone” J.D. Swartz, H.R. Harnsberger

Teaching methods

The course is organized in lectures and discussion of clinical cases.

Assessment methods and criteria

The method of evaluation consists of an oral exam

Other information

Classroom attendance is highly recommended