AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is focused on the figure of the tourist to provide operators in training with an exhaustive picture of the characteristics, expectations and needs of the tourist as well as the possible risks to his/her health depending on the areas visited and the eating, hygiene and health behaviours, assumed.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Aims and learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Attainment of knowledge and skills useful for preventing the most common risk situations and illnesses that may occur during national and international travel depending on the destination of the trip and the individual characteristics of the traveller.

Detailed learning objectives

Evolution of international and domestic travel and associated factors.

Epidemiology and prevention of infectious and chronic degenerative diseases.

Infectious diseases and travel: to make people understand that the potential danger of acquiring an infectious disease is associated with personal behaviour, the geographical area travelled to and the type of travel itself (e.g. means of transport, accommodation, etc.).

Non-infectious diseases and travel: acquiring knowledge about non-infectious diseases that can occur during travel and their associated factors.

Acquisition of basic concepts on the main traveller's diseases.

Understanding of the importance of knowing and putting into practice the different prevention strategies for both infectious and non-infectious diseases.

Acquisition of basic concepts related to traveller safety regulations.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons and group activities to develop the subjects dealt with during the class lessons.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Introduction to travel hygiene and medicine. Concept of health and conditioning factors. Hints of epidemiology. Concepts of prevention: primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Evolution of international and domestic travel. Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases with reference to different geographical areas. Non-infectious diseases that may occur during travel and associated risk factors. Basic traveller safety rules. Travel Medicine Centres.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

A page dedicated to the teaching program will be activated on aulaweb. The study material presented during the lessons will be uploaded to this page.

Bibliography

Atlante della salute in viaggio. Come viaggiare sicuri verso ogni destinazione. Alberto Tomasi. Editore: Edra SpA.

Introduzione all’arte di viaggiare in salute. 101 perché ai quali saper rispondere (prima di partire). Alberto Tomasi. Editore Cultura e Salute Editore Perugia, 2021.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GUIDO FRANCO AMORETTI (President)

DAVID GIOFRE'

DONATELLA PANATTO (President Substitute)

GIULIA CAPPAGLI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons start: first week of March 2025.

Class schedule

TRAVEL MEDICINE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Mandatory written examination. Test consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions with one correct answer (1 point for each correct answer, 0 points for each wrong or no answer) and 1 open question. In the open question, the level of knowledge, the degree of thoroughness, and the ability to use appropriate vocabulary will be assessed. Oral test at the student's request will be established in order to improve the grade received in the written test.

Students with disabilities or DSA are reminded that in order to request adaptations in the exam, certification must first be entered on the University website at page servizionline.unige.it in the "Students" (“Studenti”) section. The documentation will be verified by the Settore servizi per l’inclusione degli studenti con disabilità e con DSA dell’Ateneo (https://rubrica.unige.it/strutture/struttura/100111).

Subsequently, significantly in advance of the examination date (at least 10 days), an e-mail must be sent to the teacher with whom the examination will be taken, including in the knowledge copy both the School Contact Teacher for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and DSA (laura.traverso@unige.it) and the above-mentioned Sector using one of the following addresses (disabili@unige.it; dsa@unige.it).

The e-mail should specify:

- the name of the teaching

- the date of the exam call

- the student's last name, first name and roll number

- the compensatory tools and dispensatory measures deemed functional and required.

The contact person (Prof. Laura Traverso) will confirm to the teacher that the applicant has the right to request adaptations in the exam and that these adaptations must be agreed with the Professor. The Professor will respond by informing whether the requested adaptations can be used.

Requests should be sent at least 10 days before the date of the exam in order to allow the teacher to evaluate the content. In particular, in the case of intending to make use of concept maps for the exam (which must be much concise), the student must adhere to the above timelines.

Please see the document for more information: Linee guida per la richiesta di servizi, di strumenti compensativi e/o di misure dispensative e di ausili specifici.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Mandatory written examination. The written mode makes it possible to ensure the objectivity of assessment and to test the achievement of the course objectives on the entire program. It is believed that with this mode the student's achievement of the general and specific training objectives can be properly assessed. An oral test can be requested by the student to improve the grade acquired from the written test. In the oral test, the level of knowledge, the quality of exposition and the ability to use appropriate vocabulary will be evaluated.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

A teaching page will be activated on aulaweb. The teaching material presented in class will be uploaded to this page on a regular basis. Other teaching material for further study will also be uploaded to the aulaweb.

The Professor will publish all information relating to the course on the course page.