Health Professions of Prevention Sciences
Health Professions of Prevention Sciences
Course sheet
A.Y. 2024/2025
Master programme
LM/SNT4 - Health professions for preventive care
The goal of the Master's degree programme in Health Professions of Prevention Sciences is to provide training which allows to make decisions regarding the organisation and management of healthcare services provided by staff with technical functions within the field of medicine.
The graduate will be able to command and exercise professional skills and methods in research, training, and management.
Specific educational goals include:
· Employ specific scientific knowledge in relation to their professional role in order to make decisions concerning the organisation and management of health services supplied by professional healthcare personnel in the medical field within health facilities, including preventative and protection healthcare services and the Local Health Authorities;
· Utilise skills in healthcare management and organisation in order to coordinate healthcare services, and to manage available human and technological resources, evaluating the cost/benefit ratio;
· Monitor specific sectors of the health organisation within the sphere of preventative healthcare;
· Use research methods and tools in the organisation of clinical services;
· Optimise the use of all resources (human, technological, IT, financial resources) available to preventative healthcare facilities;
· Design and conduct training programmes for continuing education and refresher courses at one's own clinic or facility;
· Develop teaching skills for teaching aspiring professionals in one's field through tutorials, and internship coordination for first-tier, complementary, and continuing education.
The graduate will be able to command and exercise professional skills and methods in research, training, and management.
Specific educational goals include:
· Employ specific scientific knowledge in relation to their professional role in order to make decisions concerning the organisation and management of health services supplied by professional healthcare personnel in the medical field within health facilities, including preventative and protection healthcare services and the Local Health Authorities;
· Utilise skills in healthcare management and organisation in order to coordinate healthcare services, and to manage available human and technological resources, evaluating the cost/benefit ratio;
· Monitor specific sectors of the health organisation within the sphere of preventative healthcare;
· Use research methods and tools in the organisation of clinical services;
· Optimise the use of all resources (human, technological, IT, financial resources) available to preventative healthcare facilities;
· Design and conduct training programmes for continuing education and refresher courses at one's own clinic or facility;
· Develop teaching skills for teaching aspiring professionals in one's field through tutorials, and internship coordination for first-tier, complementary, and continuing education.
The employment opportunities for those earning a degree in Health Professions of Prevention Sciences are as follows:
- executive positions in clinics tasked with preventative services (organisation/supervision of the facilities, and effective service provision);
- university teaching: graduates may undertake a university-teaching career once they have passed all competitive-procedures required by the law;
- university research within one's professional field;
- preventative services with organisational and management activities within the public and private sector;
- preventative services with advanced professional activities within the public and private sector;
- training activities, including assessing needs, design, and instruction within a public or private clinic.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
- executive positions in clinics tasked with preventative services (organisation/supervision of the facilities, and effective service provision);
- university teaching: graduates may undertake a university-teaching career once they have passed all competitive-procedures required by the law;
- university research within one's professional field;
- preventative services with organisational and management activities within the public and private sector;
- preventative services with advanced professional activities within the public and private sector;
- training activities, including assessing needs, design, and instruction within a public or private clinic.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
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La frequenza a tutte le attività didattiche previste dal manifesto degli studi è obbligatoria.
Per essere ammesso a sostenere la relativa verifica di profitto, lo studente deve aver frequentato almeno il 75% delle ore di attività didattica formale e non formale previste per ciascuna attività formativa. In caso di mancato raggiungimento di tale livello di frequenza, il/i docenti responsabile/i possono indicare attività formative alternative, anche in forma di auto-apprendimento, che lo studente deve svolgere prima di essere ammesso all'esame. La frequenza obbligatoria alle attività pratiche, di cui al presente Regolamento, non è sostituibile.
Per essere ammesso a sostenere la relativa verifica di profitto, lo studente deve aver frequentato almeno il 75% delle ore di attività didattica formale e non formale previste per ciascuna attività formativa. In caso di mancato raggiungimento di tale livello di frequenza, il/i docenti responsabile/i possono indicare attività formative alternative, anche in forma di auto-apprendimento, che lo studente deve svolgere prima di essere ammesso all'esame. La frequenza obbligatoria alle attività pratiche, di cui al presente Regolamento, non è sostituibile.
Enrolment
Admission into the programme is capped, at a national level, pursuant to Law no. 264 of 2 August 1999.
The number of students who may be admitted is set each year pursuant to a decree of the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR), based on findings provided by the university in terms of available instructional, classroom, and clinical resources (human and otherwise), as well as the demand for the type of professionals contemplated for this Class as determined by the Region of Lombardy, and the Ministry of Health.
The admission test for the programme consists of a written, multiple-choice examination.
The test is held on a date set by MUR for all Italian campuses.
Admission into the programme requires a degree in Class L/SNT4, or corresponding class under Ministerial Decree no. 509/99.
Those holding a university degree authorising a person to practice in the profession, or another degree deemed equivalent (under Law no. 42/1999); those holding a foreign degree deemed equivalent are likewise eligible for admission.
Knowledge and background required:
Students' educational background and experience are assessed during the admission-test process in accordance with the Academic Regulations for the specific programme.
The number of students who may be admitted is set each year pursuant to a decree of the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR), based on findings provided by the university in terms of available instructional, classroom, and clinical resources (human and otherwise), as well as the demand for the type of professionals contemplated for this Class as determined by the Region of Lombardy, and the Ministry of Health.
The admission test for the programme consists of a written, multiple-choice examination.
The test is held on a date set by MUR for all Italian campuses.
Admission into the programme requires a degree in Class L/SNT4, or corresponding class under Ministerial Decree no. 509/99.
Those holding a university degree authorising a person to practice in the profession, or another degree deemed equivalent (under Law no. 42/1999); those holding a foreign degree deemed equivalent are likewise eligible for admission.
Knowledge and background required:
Students' educational background and experience are assessed during the admission-test process in accordance with the Academic Regulations for the specific programme.
Call for applications
Please refer to the call for admission test dates and contents, and how to register.
Application for admission: from 27/08/2024 to 16/09/2024
Admission test date : 27/09/2024
Application for matriculation: from 16/10/2024 to 18/10/2024
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Programme description and courses list
year
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Trainingship 1^ Year | 17 | 425 | Italian | MED/50 |
First semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Pre-Professional Interdisciplinary Course 1 with Elements of Environmental and Human Sociology | 13 | 104 | Italian | MED/44 SPS/09 VET/06 |
| - Medicina del lavoro | 10 | |||
| - Parassitologia e malattie parassitarie degli animali | 1 | |||
| - Sociologia dei processi economici e del lavoro | 2 | |||
| Psychology Applied to Social Relations, Communication and Group Dynamics | 8 | 64 | Italian | M-DEA/01 M-PSI/01 M-PSI/06 SPS/07 |
| - Demology, ethnology and anthropology | 2 | |||
| - General psychology | 2 | |||
| - General sociology | 2 | |||
| - Work and Organizational Psychology | 2 | |||
| Statistics and Epidemiology | 4 | 36 | Italian | MED/01 MED/42 |
| - Hygiene and public health | 1 | |||
| - Medical statistics | 3 | |||
Second semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Basics and Instruments of Business Economics Applied to Healthcare Sector | 5 | 40 | Italian | SECS-P/07 |
| Health Law and Professional, Ethical and Legal Liabilities | 5 | 40 | Italian | IUS/07 IUS/13 MED/43 |
| - Forensic medicine | 1 | |||
| - International law | 2 | |||
| - Labour law | 2 | |||
| Informatics | 3 | 24 | Italian | INF/01 |
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| English Assessment B1 (2 ECTS) | 2 | 0 | English | |
Study plan rules
Elettivi - Lo studente, al primo anno, deve altresì maturare 3 CFU in attività formative a scelta.
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year
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Laboratories | 2 | 30 | Italian | MED/44 MED/50 |
| Trainingship 2^ Year | 13 | 325 | Italian | MED/50 |
First semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Applied Research and Quality Assessment Methodologies | 9 | 72 | Italian | BIO/11 M-FIL/03 SECS-S/02 SECS-S/05 |
| - Molecular biology | 2 | |||
| - Moral philosophy | 1 | |||
| - Social statistics | 2 | |||
| - Statistics for experimental and technological research | 4 | |||
| Design and Management of Educational Processes | 6 | 48 | Italian | M-PED/01 |
| Planning, Organisation and Monitoring in Healthcare Organisations | 6 | 48 | Italian | SECS-P/10 |
| Pre-Professional Interdisciplinary Course 2 | 8 | 64 | Italian | MED/17 MED/42 MED/50 VET/05 |
| - Igiene generale e applicata | 4 | |||
| - Malattie infettive | 2 | |||
| - Malattie infettive degli animali domestici | 1 | |||
| - Scienze tecniche mediche applicate | 1 | |||
Second semester
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Professional Management | 6 | 48 | Italian | MED/44 MED/50 SPS/09 |
| - Applied medical techniques | 2 | |||
| - Economic sociology and sociology of work and organisations | 2 | |||
| - Occupational medicine | 2 | |||
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
| Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Final Exam | 7 | 0 | Italian | |
Study plan rules
Elettivi - Lo studente, al secondo anno, deve altresì maturare 3 CFU in attività formative a scelta.
Si consiglia vivamente di seguire la sequenza di esami prevista nei singoli semestri del piano di studi.
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Location
Milano
Head of study programme
Academic guidance tutor
Internship tutor
Dissertation tutor
Quality Assurance Delegate
Reference structures
Contacts
- Academic Office for the Masters Degree Programme:
[email protected]
The tuition fees for students enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and single-cycle degree programmes are divided into two instalments with different calculation methods and payment schedules:
- The amount of the first instalment is the same for all students
- The amount of the second instalment varies according to the ISEE University value, the degree programme and the student status (on track / off track for one year or off track for more than a year)
- An additional fee is due for online programmes
The University also offers:
- Concessions for students meeting high merit requirements
- Diversified tuition fees according to the student's home country for international students with assets/income abroad
- Concessions for international students with refugee status
Scholarships and benefits
The University provides a range of financial benefits to students meeting special requirements (merit, financial or personal conditions, international students).
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