• History of the profession of healthcare assistant (HCA)
- From the origins of the figure to the present day
- International perspectives
• Regulatory evolution of the profession of healthcare assistant (HCA)
- Overview of healthcare professions in Italy
- The development of health professions in Italy
- The HCA in the regulations of the Italian State
- Professional orders: history and current events
• Evolution of the training of the profession of healthcare assistant (HCA)
The exam aims to verify the knowledge of the topics listed in the program.
The verification of the learning results will take place through a written exam in which questions will be asked to verify the knowledge of the topics listed in the program and the ability to reason about them.
The evaluation will be expressed on a scale of 30/30; the exam sufficiency threshold is set at 18/30. The evaluation obtained contributes to the definition of the final grade for the examination of the course "General and environmental hygene, and methodology of the profession of healthcare assistant"
The exam will take place within the exam sessions included in the teaching calendar of the course in the dates dedicated to partial tests of "Methodology of the profession of health assistant"
• History of the profession of healthcare assistant (HCA)
- From the origins of the figure to the present day
- International perspectives
• Regulatory evolution of the profession of healthcare assistant (HCA)
- Overview of healthcare professions in Italy
- The development of health professions in Italy
- The HCA in the regulations of the Italian State
- Professional orders: history and current events
• Evolution of the training of the profession of healthcare assistant (HCA)
- Medical schools, public hygiene and social assistance for visiting healthcare assistants
- Degree Courses in Health Care and post-basic university education
- International perspectives
• Theoretical references of the profession of healthcare assistant (overview)
- Salutogenesis
- The Research-Action
- Group operational concept
- From healthcare assistantn education to health education
- Prevention: P. primary, P.ù secondary, P. tertiary, P. quaternary
- The Global Conference Papers about Health Promotion ( Ottawa - 1986, Adelaide - 1988 Sundsvall - 1991, Jakarta - 1997, Mexico City - 2000, Bangkok - 2005 , Nairobi - 2009 , Helsinki - 2013 , Shanghai - 2016 )
• The professional profile of the healthcare assistant
- Skills and functions, tools, techniques and working methods of the HCA
• The Code of Ethics of the healthcare assistant
• The concept of profession and professionality