Economy and International Social Politics
(objectives)
The aim of the course is to provide to students knowledge on historical development of Medicine, on different approaches suitable for cost-consequences analysis and on the principal features of the Italian national health care system. Also, students will develop attitudes and values such as humility, tolerance, understanding, respect and openness towards others through philosophical, moral reflection and moral reasoning.
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Code
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90237 |
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
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Aim of the teaching is to provide to students knowledge on historical development of Medicine, within the context of the history of science, and from the viewpoint of a history of ideas and concepts. Specifically, the course will focus on: - approaches to the historiography of Medicine - history of diseases - historical development of some central concepts in Medicine, such as concepts of health and disease, and ideas about the function of the human organism - main periods of the history of Medicine (from ancient Greece to present days) and main characteristics of each period - the most important medical figures in history and the related contributes to the development of Medicine - how the relationship between doctors and patients had changed during the History of Medicine. At the end of the course, the students will be able to know the most important medical figures in history. Knowledge acquired will be fundamental for the subsequent overall study.
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Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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MED/02
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Refolo Pietro
(syllabus)
The course will focus on: - approaches to the historiography of Medicine - history of diseases - historical development of some central concepts in Medicine, such as concepts of health and disease, and ideas about the function of the human organism - main periods of the history of Medicine (from ancient Greece to present days) and main characteristics of each period - the most important medical figures in history and the related contributes to the development of Medicine - how the relationship between doctors and patients had changed during the History of Medicine.
(reference books)
- Porter R. Medicine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2000.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Module: APPLIED ECONOMICS
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Aim of the course “Applied economics” is to provide students elements on the following topics: • health technologies assessment • the Italian health care system organization • budgeting process. Students will acquire knowledge about the domains needed for full or rapid health technology assessment and useful sources of information. Moreover, knowledge on the different approach suitable for cost-consequences analysis will be offered. About the second topic, the principal features of the Italian national health care system will be provided. Finally, students will understand the rationale of the budgeting process and the role of clinicians in it. At the end of the course, the students will be able to: • evaluate the quality of an HTA report and recognize which types of economic evaluations apply in different situations • understand the positioning of the Italian national health system in the framework of social rights • actively participate to budgeting processes in health care facilities.
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Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SECS-P/06
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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D'Angela Daniela
(syllabus)
Definition and structure of health technology assessment European and national regulation Standard of an HTA report Sources of information Cost-consequences approaches Organization of the Italian national healthcare system Principles Evolution Supply structure Budgeting Definition Costs and activity in healthcare Budget sheet
(reference books)
• M.V. Garrido, F.B. Kristensen, C.P. Nelsen, R. Busse, Health Technology Assessment and Health Policy-Making in Europe • G. Casati (2000), Programmazione e controllo di gestione nelle aziende sanitarie • M.F. Drummond, M.J. Scuplpher, K.Claxton, G. L. Stoddart, G.W. Torrance; Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes (4th edition) • Teacher’s slides and materials
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Module: MORAL PHILOSOPHY
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The aim of the course is to provide students with tools and a framework in which they can place the good “health” in a common context with ethics, human rights and all the relevant elements for patient care - economic, anthropological, social and relational - so that tomorrow they will be able to treat their patient in an appropriate way to his being a person. In a sector characterized by a constant and rapid evolution, students will acquire the ability to understand the main problems, also through the use of different specific tools. They will learn peculiar languages so to understand how health is an interdisciplinary theme. At the end of the course participants will be able to provide an effective contribution to the preparation of documents, reports and measures, as well as to develop appropriate interdisciplinary strategies on ethics and health. The course intends to provide a training programme aimed at ensuring, through specific focus, the most current and relevant issues in the field of health and ethics, especially in light of global changes and modified international agendas such as sustainable Millennium Development Goals 2030 (MDGs).
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Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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M-FIL/03
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Contact Hours
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60
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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Boccanelli Alessandro
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NARRATIVE MEDICINE
Lesson 1 THE CONTRACT • Definitions, scopes and methods of Narrative Medicine in care practices
Lesson 2 THE ERRORS OF THE PAST AND THE EMPATHETIC RELATIONSHIP • The relationship between the person in care and the professionals
Lesson 3 THE TIME OF COMMUNICATION • The time of communication between doctor and patient as treatment time
Lesson 4 DIFFERING CULTURAL APPROACHES TO MEDICINE • Transcultural medicine
Lesson 5 EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE AND NARRATIVE-BASED MEDICINE • Is there any evidence of effectiveness of Narrative Medicine?
Lesson 6 NARRATIVE MEDICINE IN THE DIGITAL AGE • Medicine in the digital age: dangers, opportunities
Lesson 7 THE COMPLEXITY OF HEALTH ORGANISATION • The organisation of care: the scenario of complexity
Lesson 8 SHARED CARE PLANNING AND SIMULTANEOUS PALLIATIVE CARE • Care in the last stretch of road
Lesson 9 THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND THE CURE OF CHRONICITY
• Sufficient healing (living with chronicity)
Lesson 10 COLLABORATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT CARE PROFESSIONS
(reference books)
Rita Charon. Narrative Medicine. Honoring the Stories of Illness. Oxford University Press, 2008
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Teacher
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Pacifici Noja Laura Elena
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Main Topics of the Course 1. the scientific basis that characterizes the medical intervention and defines medicine as a science 2. awareness of the ethical dimension of medicine and health professions 3. the relationship between science and ethics 4. Ethical Committees at different levels 5. the relevant elements for the treatment of the patient, in addition to the physiological ones: economic, anthropological, social, ethical and relational 6. "Human Rights and Health": relationship between Human Rights and Health 7. dialogue also as listening to the patient and ethics of communication. 8. Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Millenium Development Goals 9. Ethics of health: tensions between collective benefits and individual freedom. 10. Global health and new challenges in a globalized world: Health diplomacy and Ethics 11. Ethics, Health and International Cooperation The course will also deal with the theme of Health Diplomacy, very topical and interdisciplinary between Ethics and Medicine, and show how it could represent a new frontier both as a tool for a new international diplomatic intervention and as a peaceful resolution of disputes on a local scale and as a new field of international cooperation.
(reference books)
Ethics in Healthcare: A Philosophical Introduction by Ezio Di Nucci Ethical Challenges in Health Care: Developing Your Moral Compass by Vicki Lachman PhD MBE APRN Ethical Issues in Home Health Care 1st Edition by Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Lynn Pasquerella , Smith Sheri Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care 1st Edition by Craig M. Klugman, Pamela M. Dalinis
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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