Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program in question is "CLINICAL SCIENCES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE ELDERLY" which translates to "Clinical Sciences for Health Promotion in the Elderly".

Program Details

• Code: Not specified
• Academic Year: 2024/2025
• CFU (University Credits): Not specified, but includes 7 CFU for "HEALTH CARE 11477 (L/SNT4) - GENOA" in the second year.
• Language: Italian
• Location: Genoa

Propedeuticity

• Entry Requirements: To take this course, students must have passed the following exams:
  • HEALTH CARE 11477 (cohort 2023/2024)
  • ANATOMY-HISTOLOGY
  • HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION
  • BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
  • PHYSICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, RADIATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICS
  • PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
  • FIRST YEAR INTERNSHIP
• Exit Requirements: This course is a prerequisite for the following courses:
  • HEALTH CARE 11477 (cohort 2023/2024)
  • SECOND YEAR INTERNSHIP
  • FOOD SCIENCES
  • PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
  • TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND RESEARCH IN HEALTH
  • SPECIALIST MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • THIRD YEAR INTERNSHIP
  • SC. COMMUNICATION RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC
  • HEALTH EMERGENCY

Modules

This course is composed of the following modules:

• HOSPITAL-TERRITORY CONTINUITY
• PHARMACOLOGY IN GERIATRICS
• GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
• CENTERS FOR COGNITIVE DISORDERS AND DEMENTIA (CDCD)
• LABORATORY FOR HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE ELDERLY
• LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM DISEASES
• REHABILITATION IN GERIATRICS AND INTERNAL MEDICINE

Educational Objectives

The educational objectives of this course include:

• Knowing and being able to recognize and describe the peculiar aspects of the health condition in the elderly.
• Knowing, from a rehabilitative point of view, the morbid conditions that occur with greater frequency in relation to aging.
• Knowing the structural resources for the care of pathologies related to aging and for the management of the elderly in hospital discharge.
• Knowing the principles and possible applications of health education campaigns and health education as a tool for promoting health and preventing diseases in the elderly.
• Describing the main methodologies used in health education campaigns with reference to those mainly in place or planned in the territory.

Teaching Staff and Examination Commission

The teaching staff includes:

• PAOLA ANDREA IACHINI
• GERMANA LONGO
• FRANCESCA SIMONETTA
• FRANCESCA MATTIOLI
• LUIGI MOLFETTA
• MONICA PIZZONIA

The examination commission is composed of:

• FRANCESCA MATTIOLI (President)
• PAOLA ANDREA IACHINI
• GERMANA LONGO
• LUIGI MOLFETTA
• MONICA PIZZONIA
• FRANCESCA SIMONETTA
• ANDREA ORSI (President and Coordinator of the integrated course)