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Academic year 2017/2018
Master's Degree (MSc) on HEALTH REHABILITATION SCIENCE

Coordinator Prof. Caterina La Cascia
Class of Master's Degree (MSc) on Health professions for rehabilitation (LM/SNT2)
2 years
PALERMO
Number of seats in national planning: 42
Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics
Course Code
2174

Course info
Graduates in the class will be provided with advanced general vocational training, enabling them to intervene with high expertise in the care, management, training and research processes in one of the areas relevant to the various health professions included in the class (podiatrist, physiotherapist, speech therapist, ophthalmology assistant, neuro-psychomotor rehabilitation technician for the developmental age, occupational therapist, professional educator). - Graduates who have acquired the necessary scientific knowledge, ethical values and skills relevant to the rehabilitation professions and further deepened the study of the discipline and specific research, at the end of the training course possess advanced care, education and prevention skills in response to priority health problems of the population in the pediatric, adult and geriatric age and to issues related to the quality of services. Based on the acquired knowledge, they are able to take into account, in the planning and management of personnel in the health area, the needs of the community as well as the development of new methods of work organization, and of technological innovation and information technology, also as a reference to the forms of remote support or distance learning, the planning and organization of the pedagogical- educational as well as the homogenization of operational standards to those of the European Union. - Graduates develop, partly as a result of the experience gained through adequate professional activity, an integrated approach to organizational and management problems of the health professions, mastery of the techniques and procedures of the health care management, with respect to their and others' skills. The methodological knowledge acquired also allow them to intervene in the educational and research processes which are typical of the above-mentioned areas. - Graduates in this class will therefore be able to: apply knowledge of basic science relevant to the specific professional figure needed to make decisions on the organization and management of health services provided by the medical personnel responsible for rehabilitation, within healthcare facilities of low, medium or high complexity; use the skills of health economics and business organization necessary for the organization of health services and the management of the available human and technological resources, evaluating the cost-benefit ratio ; oversee specific areas of health organization for rehabilitation; use the research methods and tools in the organization of health services; implement and evaluate the impact of different theoretical models in the operation of the organization and management of health services; plan the optimization of various types of resources (human, technological, information, financial) available to health facilities of low, medium and high complexity; design and implement training programs for upgrading and continuing education relating to the health facilities of reference; develop teaching skills for specific professional profile within the tutorial activities and coordination of training in basic, complementary and permanent training; communicate with clarity on issues of organizational health with employees and customers; critically analyze the ethical and deontological aspects of the professions in the health area, even under a multi-professional integration perspective. - The teaching facilities must therefore identify and build, through the appropriate selection of the disciplines of the core course, as well as of related specifically vocational scientific areas, specific educational programmes for the health professions included in the class, reserving to each healthcare profession no less than 50 credits.
- Private practice - Public, covenant or credited healthcare services
To be admitted to the final examination, student must have passed all the exams, and have had a positive assessment of all internships. The final exam consists of the preparation by the student, of an original dissertation and of its presentation. The final score It is expressed out of 110. For those who reach the overall score of 110/ 110, the President of the examining Board may propose the attribution of praise, which might only be assigned unanimously. The examining Board consists of not less than 7 and not more than 11 members, appointed by the Rector on the recommendation of the Board of the Degree Course, and includes at least two members appointed by the Professional Registrar, if any, or from professional associations identified by special decree of the Minister of Health on the basis of representativeness nationwide.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
16961 - PHYSIOTHERAPY SCIENCES - INTEGRATED COURSE Details SALEMI (PA) 9.0 1 V
NURSING SCIENCES AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC TECHNIQUES FIOLO (PC) 3.0 B MED/48
NEUROLOGY MONASTERO (PA) 3.0 B MED/26
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM DISEASES CAMARDA (PO) 3.0 B MED/33
16963 - MENTAL HYGIENE AND PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION - INTEGRATED COURSE Details LA BARBERA (PO) 6.0 1 V
NURSING SCIENCES AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC TECHNIQUES II LA CASCIA (PA) 3.0 B MED/48
PSYCHIATRY LA BARBERA (PO) 3.0 B MED/25
07558 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE I YEAR Details 15.0 2 V B MED/48
16959 - SPEECH THERAPY SCIENCES - INTEGRATED COURSE Details CUPIDO (RU) 6.0 2 V
APPLIED TECHNICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES SCIORTINO (PC) 3.0 B MED/50
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY CUPIDO (RU) 3.0 B MED/31
16971 - REHABILITATION SCIENCES - INTEGRATED COURSE Details VADALA' (PA) 9.0 2 V
LIFE CYCLE PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATIVE MEDICINE SCATURRO (RD) 3.0 B MED/34
INTERNAL MEDICINE CANINO (RU) 3.0 B MED/09
VISUAL SYSTEM DISEASES VADALA' (PA) 3.0 B MED/30
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
09494 - SCIENCE OF PREVENTION - INTEGRATED COURSE Details PROCACCIANTI (PQ) 6.0 1 V
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE DE MARCHIS (PC) 3.0 B MED/44
FORENSIC MEDICINE PROCACCIANTI (PQ) 3.0 C MED/43
16969 - HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES - INTEGRATED COURSE Details GUCCIONE (PC) 12.0 1 V
BUSINESS ORGANISATION RIGANO (PC) 6.0 B SECS-P/10
BUSINESS ECONOMICS VENUTI (PC) 3.0 B SECS-P/07
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION IN HEALTHCARE GUCCIONE (PC) 3.0 B MED/48
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 6.0 2 G E
07580 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE II YEAR Details 15.0 2 V B MED/48
07675 - OTHER LANGUAGE SKILLS: ENGLISH Details 3.0 2 G E
09787 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 5.0 2 G F
16970 - APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - INTEGRATED COURSE Details MAZZUCCO (PO) 9.0 2 V
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS FRANCHINI (PC) 3.0 B ING-INF/05
GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE MAZZUCCO (PO) 3.0 B MED/42
COMPUTER SCIENCE FERRARA (PC) 3.0 B INF/01
16973 - DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY - INTEGRATED COURSE Details LO BAIDO (PA) 13.0 2 V
CLINICAL LIFE CYCLE PSYCHOLOGY MANIACI (RD) 7.0 B M-PSI/08
PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT/PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION LA PAGLIA (PC) 3.0 B M-PSI/04
PSYCHIATRY II LO BAIDO (PA) 3.0 B MED/25
ADO Group of subjects 6.0 D
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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