Corso di laurea in Tecniche Audioprotesiche

Medico-legal knowledge of related issues in particular those related to the scope of audiology and to damage from environmental noise, the necessary acquire knowledge in radiation protection in the clinical risk management, identify and report the difficulties, act In accordance with the rules and respect of the ethical, legal and social issues in the everyday practice, making decisions consistent with the principles of the discipline, ethics and deontology of the profession of Audiometric Technician in care situations provided by the training and in relation to the rules of the health care and professional liability.

Students at the end of the course must:

demonstrate knowledge and ability to understand legal medical problems, in particular those related to the field of audiology and environmental noise damage, acquire the necessary knowledge in the field of radiation protection, clinical risk management and objective audiometric diagnostic methods
know how to apply the acquired knowledge to evaluate the problems
use critical thinking skills to deliver effective interventions

Frontal lessons

Based on the limitations imposed by the ongoing health crisis, the lessons could be carried out electronically.

Written test with open and closed questions. The final mark expressed in 30th will be the weighted average of the marks of all the modules.

Based on the limitations imposed by the ongoing health crisis, the assessment can be carried out electronically through the use of the Cisco Webex platform (oral exam)

Forensics. Value and study of the audiometric trace in the criminal, civil and insurance fields; responsibility of the audiometrist technician and requirements of the code of ethics; INPS benefits; invalidity, blindness and civil deafness; handicap; role of the audiometrist in the criminal and civil proceedings; privacy

Forensics 2. 

- Judicial qualifications of the healthcare professionals; informed consent and lawfulness for health
treatment; ability to act; forms of protection for disabled;
- State of necessity and failure of assistance;
- Crimes against life and individual safety;
- Report and denunciation to judicial authority, crimes which can be prosecuted ex officio;
- Clinical file, certification and professional secrecy obligation;
- Professional responsibilities: criminal, civil, administrative, disciplinary;
- Brief overview of forensic pathology: blunt trauma and large traumas injuries; sharp-force traumas
and gunshot wounds; asphyxiation;
- Brief overview of forensic odontology: human bite marks lesions; dental neglect;

Occupational Medicine. Historical Evolution of Occupational Medicine to the present day. The insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases. Analysis of existing legislation. Risk from biological, chemical an physical agents, manual handling of loads, VDU activities. Medical surveillance of exposed workers. International Code of Ethics for Occupational Health Professionals.

Radiation protection: to give to students basic knowledge about radiation protection, considering their future employee in a medical field. The course begins with a description of natural radioactivity and X-rays nature and production, then radiation protection units and measurements units are illustrated. The principles of Radiation Protection, the consequences of the interaction between biological matter and radiation, the problems correlated to the presence of Radon gas are then analysed and methods to protect from radiation risks are described. Finally International Documents and Italian Law about radiation protection are touched on and the uses of radiations in medical field are briefly described.

Hearing aid science and technology 10.

European legislation and current events in the hearing aid field.

Role, responsibility and code of ethics of the hearing care technician. The application protocol: questionnaires, choice, adaptation and control of the device. Reference professional regulations: the DM. 332/99, Directive 93/42, the D.M. 668/94. Audioprosthetic counseling: aims and operations. The psychology of the hearing-impaired subject. The prosthesis of the minor: operational and problematic aspects. The skills of the hearing care technician in relation to the medical profession.

In collaboration with the teacher of the complement to teaching:

Clinical case analysis part 2

Case review and full simulations:

Analysis of the clinical picture -Evaluation of the correctness and compatibility of the results

Documentation varies from delivering and assessment of purchasing procedures

Evaluation and possible adjustments on subsequent controls

Complex clinical cases

Unilateral hearing loss
Hearing loss on ski slope
Hearing loss with abnormal audiometric profiles

Hypoacusis and comorbidities: cognitive decline, low vision, other.

All this will be done by presenting the cases to the students, and going to analyze with them the most suitable hearing aid path for the resolution of the specific case.

MEDICINA LEGALE

• Puccini C., Istituzioni di medicina legale, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana 2003
• Baima Bollone P., Medicina Legale, G. Giappichelli editore, Torino 2008
• Norelli G.A, Buccelli C, Fineschi V., Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, II edizione, Piccin editore, Padova 20014
• Zagra M., Argo A., Burkhard M., Procaccianti P., Medicina legale orientata per problemi, Elsevier editore, Milano 2011
• Arbarello P., Feola T., Arcangeli M., Vaccaro M., Medicina legale per le professioni sanitarie. Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino 2010.

Notes and handouts provided by the teacher.

Updates are possible at the beginning of the academic year.

MEDICINA LEGALE 2

- Cazzaniga et al., Medicina Legale e della Ass.ni, UTET, XIII ed., 2015
- Norelli et al., Medicina Legale e della Ass.ni, PICCIN ed., 2013;
- Medicina Legale orientata per problemi, Zagra et al., Elsevier srl, Milano 2018
- Nuzzolese E, Maltrattamento e trascuratezza dei minori, Wip Edizioni, Bari, 2017 (available for
free at http://www.wipedizioni.it/it/otw-portfolio/maltrattamento/)