Learning objectives of the teaching are concepts of health and illness and their determinants, the strategies and methods of primary and secondary prevention, the knowledge of the mechanisms of infection and transmission of infectious diseases, the systems of disinfection and sterilization and the prophylaxis of infectious diseases, the bases of general, descriptive, analytical and investigative epidemiology, the aims of the health system and organizational models at international, national and local level.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

knowledge and understanding
At the end of this teaching the student will be required to know:
• definition of health and of illness
• determinants of health: individual, behavioral, environmental, social and economic
• definition of prevention: primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
• prevention strategies and methods
• Know the hygiene of physical, biological and social environments
• Describe the hygiene of the patient and the hospital environment
• Know the main methods of prophylaxis of infectious diseases
• Know the basics of epidemiology and epidemiological methodology
• Have basic knowledge of demography and health statistics
• Describe the basics of the epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases
• Know the issues related to global health and health determinants
• principles and objectives of the healthcare organization;
• models of organization of the health service;
• levels of assistance;
• hospital organization;
• principles of socio-health integration and its applications
• examples of services on the field;
• health planning mechanisms at national and regional level;
• fundamentals and principles of health planning at the international level.

Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student will be able to use the knowledge acquired in the context of his profession, in order to include his work in the global framework of the health system, he/she will have the means to evaluate the information provided by epidemiology in order to have an evidence-based approach to the profession and he/she will have basic knowledge of health intervention palanning.

Communication skills
At the end of the teaching the student should be able to use the terminology acquired with competence and appropriateness.

Making judgements
At the end of the teaching the student should be able to carry out general assessments on the topics covered.

Learning skills
at the end of the integrated teaching, the student will acquire skills useful to deepen and expand their knowledge in the field of the course, also through the consultation of scientific literature, databases, specialized websites.