Occupational health and safety - Student obligations (D.Lgs. 81/2008)

Occupational health and safety - Student obligations (D.Lgs. 81/2008)

Information about occupational health and safety for students

Pursuant to Legislative Decree 81/2008, all students attending clinical clerkships must comply with occupational health and safety requirements: a preliminary medical check, and training ​modules.

Preliminary medical check

What is it?

Students of the Medicine and Surgery Degree Programme must undergo a preliminary medical check at the Occupational Medicine division headed by Prof. Violante at the S.Orsola-Malpighi teaching hospital.

During the first appointment, a blood test will be carried out to test the following:

• Haematochemical tests;
• Serological profile of airborne infectious diseases (anti-measles, anti-rubella, anti-mumps, anti-chicken pox antibodies) and of bloodborne diseases (anti-hepatitis C, anti-hepatitis B surface antigen, and -upon request by the student and after signing a specific informed consent- anti-HIV antibodies);
• IGRA test (QuantiFERON) for tuberculosis.

During the second appointment, student will undergo a medical examination. The Occupational Medicine doctor will assess the blood test results and the immunisation status of the student in order to issue the eligibility certificate required to book clinical clerkships.

Booking information

Preliminary medical checks are scheduled starting from the end of Year 1 and take place at the Occupational Medicine division headed by Prof. Violante, S.Orsola-Malpighi teaching hospital.

BOOKING FOR A.Y. 2023/24: students enrolled in the first year of the course booking opens on 15 april 2024 and close 27 june 2024 (or or earlier if all available places are filled).

Please check the 'Booking of medical checks for clinical clerkships' document in the 'Attachments' box of this web page for booking instructions.

Please note that Ufficio Servizi agli studenti does not have information about preliminary medical check schedules and is unable to provide assistance about this matter.

Eligibility certificate

At the end of the preliminary medical check, if all requirements are met, the Occupational Medicine service will issue the eligibility certificate required to book clinical clerkships and TPVs according to Italian D.Lgs. 81/2008.

Training ​modules

While attending clinical clerkships, students are exposed to specific risks; for this reason, they are considered as workers under Italian regulations on occupational health and safety. All workers must attend health and safety training which consists of the following three modules.

Module 1 and Module 2 are online training modules; they may be taken at any time prior to the beginning of hospital-based clinical clerkships. Once each module is passed, a certificate of completion will be available for download in the “Certificates and Self-Certifications” section of Studenti Online.

Module 3 requires students to attend a training lecture in class, according to the calendar set out below.

Please check the page about Health and Safety mandatory training for further information.

Clinical clerkship attendance

Please note that, to access hospital-based clinical clerkships, students must:

• Pass the preliminary medical check, as described on this page;
• Complete the full three-module health and safety mandatory training;
• Register (for hospital-based curricular clinical clerkships / TPV clerkships) or apply (for a thesis preparation project).