ASAG organizes the unique Post Graduate Course in Traffic Psychology in Italy that provides the theoretical and practical skills on specific interventions in Traffic Psychology in different sectors, promoting dialogue and multidisciplinary collaboration with other professional figures working for safety (reconstruction technicians, engineers, doctors, law enforcement, driving school instructors, trainers of all levels).

The Course is aimed at Psychology graduates or graduates in other disciplines, as long as they are enrolled in the Albo degli Psicologi (Register of Psychologists).

There are three modules of the course open to other professionals working in the field of road safety (driving school instructors, trainers of all orders and degrees, mobility managers, engineers, urban planners, doctors, law enforcement, reconstruction technicians).

The course, with a total duration of 144 hours, will be held in attendancefrom October 2022 to November 2023 at the Milan campus of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart.

Meetings will be held on Fridays, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., in some cases all day, starting at 9 a.m., and all day Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a lunch break from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. In case of seminar or conference events included in the course, exceptionally, the lectures could also be held on other days. Attendance, in order to obtain the final certificate, is mandatory for at least 75 percent of the total number of hours. For the purpose of obtaining the advanced diploma, it is necessary for participants to produce a paper on one of the topics covered in the educational pathway.

October 14 - 15, 2022
Fundamentals of Traffic Psychology. Models and paradigms.

November 11 - 12, 2022 (open module).
The human factor in driving: cognitive and emotional components.

December 2 - 3, 2022
The perception of risk.

January 13 - 14, 2023
Training in driving schools.

February 10 - 11, 2023 (open module)
Continuing education of road users: specificities and new challenges.

March 10 - 11, 2023
Road safety education at school

April 14 - 15, 2023
The assessment of fitness to drive (1).

May 12 - 13, 2023
The assessment of fitness to drive (2).

June 9 - 10, 2023
The reconstruction of the traffic accident and the assessment of psychological impairment.

September 15 - 16, 2023
The treatment of traffic accident victims.

October 13 - 14, 2023 (open module)
Sustainability: models, projects and experiences.

November 17 - 18, 2023
Discussion of final papers and closure of the course.

Methodology

Each topic will be covered from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Teaching activities will be conducted in the classroom according to lecture and exercise formats (viewing of films, simulations, discussion of cases, group work).
Each participant will receive teaching materials. An online platform will be used to support distance learning. A classroom tutor will be present throughout the course and will manage the online platform.

OPEN MODULES.
There are three modules of the course open to other professionals working in road safety.

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
It is also planned as a qualifying part of the course, in addition to the classroom hours, a supervised practical experience (lasting 20 hours) at some institutions, in order to apply the knowledge acquired in the classroom in the field. Among the host institutions:

• Unasca driving schools
• Bolzano Road Safety Psychology Service
• S.V.E.G. Psi (Service for Evaluation, Empowerment and Diagnosis of Psychological Requirements for Driving at Catholic University)

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