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Year 3 · Dental Medicine · Medical University, Varna

Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology: notes and exam prep for MU Varna

Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology for Year 3 Dental Medicine at the Medical University, Varna: all 75 syllabus topics in 6 sections, with exam-focused notes, figures and flashcards.

What Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology has on SuperMed

  • Notes on 59 of the 75 topics so far, written to answer the syllabus question as it is asked, with 362 figures and diagrams.
  • 2,876 flashcards for the facts you have to recall, with spaced review.

The Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology syllabus

Every topic, numbered as the department numbers it.

I. Hygiene and environment13 topics

  1. 1Types of health prevention and their relationship to dental health. Hygiene as a preventive disciplinefree
  2. 2Ecopathologyfree
  3. 3Atmospheric air pollution - sources, classification of pollutants, conditions influencing pollutionfree
  4. 4Global ecological problemsfree
  5. 5Health problems from direct impact of atmospheric pollutants. Prevention of air pollutionfree
  6. 6Hygienic-ecological problems of populated areas. Urbanization - health effects and risksfree
  7. 7Physical risk factors in the communal environment and their impact on health
  8. 8Significance of water for health. Monitoring of drinking water - goal, types, health requirements
  9. 9Continuous monitoring of drinking water - indicators, health standards, evaluation
  10. 10Diseases related to the chemical composition of drinking water
  11. 11Public health approaches for fluoride prevention of dental caries
  12. 12Epidemiological role of water in spreading infectious agents. Prevention of contamination of water sources
  13. 13Environmental law

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II. Healthcare facilities and occupational health15 topics

  1. 14Types of healthcare facilities. Health standards for outpatient dental facilities. Hygienic-technical facilities
  2. 15Standards for specialised facilities - oral and maxillofacial surgery department and operating rooms
  3. 16Modern forms of labour. Physiology of mental work. Labour process factors among dentists
  4. 17Work capacity, fatigue, overfatigue. Prevention
  5. 18Working conditions of the dentist - physical risk factors and biological agents
  6. 19Dental Ergonomics - definition and basic concepts
  7. 19Dental ergonomics: patient's position, working postures of dentist, positions of the dental team
  8. 19Dental ergonomics: spaces of reachness, types of delivery system, handling dental instruments
  9. 20Physiological and ergonomic characteristics of the dentist profession. Risk assessment of working posture
  10. 21Toxic agents in the working environment of the dentist
  11. 22Dust and nanomaterials as a risk factor in dental practice
  12. 23Microclimate - health standards and requirements. Core types of microclimate
  13. 24Physiological methods for complex evaluation of microclimate impact. Prevention
  14. 25Risk assessment at the workplace of the dentist. Occupational health services
  15. 26Occupational sensitization and intoxications related to dental practice. Prevention

III. Nutrition and lifestyle15 topics

  1. 27Current problems of population nutrition in Bulgaria
  2. 28Food, nutrition, and diet therapy
  3. 28Proteins, fats and carbohydrates
  4. 28Vitamin and minerals
  5. 29Healthy nutrition as a preventive factor for dental health. Alimentary prevention of oral diseases
  6. 30Healthy nutrition in pregnancy and lactation. Alimentary dental prevention in pregnant and lactating women
  7. 31Healthy nutrition of children and students. Nutrition during mental work
  8. 32Healthy nutrition in advanced and old age
  9. 33Alternative models of nutrition
  10. 34Eating disorders
  11. 35Life style as an integral factor of health. Healthy life style - definition and elements. Motivation of health behavior. Types of motives of health behavior
  12. 35Health Promotion - definition, principles, and strategies. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
  13. 36Age periodization. Diseases of school age - chronic non-infectious morbidity trends, prevention
  14. 37Physical development and physical capability - methods and indicators. Calendar and biological age
  15. 38Acceleration

IV. General epidemiology12 topics

  1. 39Formation and development of epidemiological knowledge. Subject, methods and tasks of epidemiology
  2. 40Epidemic process. Forms of manifestation. Seasonality and cyclicity
  3. 41Source of infection. Types of sources. Anti-epidemic measures regarding the source
  4. 42Mechanism of transmission. Types, pathways, factors. Measures to interrupt transmission
  5. 43General preventive and anti-epidemic measures in a focus of acute infectious disease
  6. 44Immunity - immunity as a biological phenomenon, types of immunity
  7. 44Immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy - vaccines, immunization schedules
  8. 44Immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy - immune sera and other antibody-containing preparations, immunomodulators
  9. 45Natural and social factors in the epidemic process. Natural focality
  10. 46Epidemiological classification of infectious diseases. Types of epidemics. Foodborne and waterborne epidemics
  11. 47Liquidation of acute infectious diseases. Criteria for proven liquidation
  12. 48Epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases in Bulgaria. International health requirements

V. Disinfection and sterilisation8 topics

  1. 49Effect of chemical factors on microorganisms - disinfection, groups of disinfectants and antiseptic agents
  2. 49Effect of physical factors on microorganisms - sterilization and sterilization methods
  3. 49Disinfectants - usage of particular disinfectants in medical practice
  4. 50Chemical disinfection. Requirements for biocides. Classification of biocidal products. Quality control
  5. 51Disinfection in dental practice. Infectious risk evaluation. Choice of decontamination method. Hand disinfection
  6. 52Monitoring and quality control of disinfection
  7. 53Sterilization - essence, methods for medical devices, quality control, Central Sterile Supply Department
  8. 54Healthcare-associated infections - definition, classification, epidemic process, problematic microorganisms, surveillance

VI. Special epidemiology12 topics

  1. 55Epidemic process in rubella, measles, mumps. Anti-epidemic measures
  2. 56Epidemic process in scarlet fever, varicella, epidemic meningitis. Measures
  3. 57Epidemic process in diphtheria and pertussis. Measures
  4. 58Epidemic process in influenza. Measures
  5. 59Epidemic process in intestinal infections - shigellosis, salmonellosis, coli-enteritis. Measures
  6. 60Epidemic process in viral hepatitis A and E. Measures
  7. 61Epidemic process in viral hepatitis B, C, D. Measures
  8. 62Epidemic process in HIV/AIDS. Post-exposure prophylaxis in medical practice
  9. 63Tick-borne infections - Boutonneuse fever and Lyme disease. Measures
  10. 64Viral tick-borne infections - Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, HFRS
  11. 65Diseases under international health control: cholera, plague, yellow fever. Measures
  12. 66Epidemic process in anthrax, tetanus, rabies. Preventive and anti-epidemic measures

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