.
Environmental and Occupational Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:25.08.2022 08:57:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_015 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Sabīne Grīnberga | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, avmk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67060816 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of chemistry, biochemistry, physics, microbiology and physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the study course is to provide insight into environmental health and occupational health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Environmental health. Environmental hazards and health Effects. Environmental diseases. Global environmental problems. Outdoor and indoor air. Air pollution impact on health. The main air pollutants. Indoor air quality. Sick building syndrome. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared radiation. Visible light. Natural and artificial lighting. General, local lighting in workplaces. Exposure to the blue light spectrum. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Drinking water quality. Water pollution, diseases caused by it | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Rational nutrition. Food contamination. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Work environment risk factors in dentistry. Ergonomic work environment risk factors in dentistry. Recommendations of the European Society of Dental Ergonomics for setting up a dentist’s workplace. Basic principles of transferring a patient from a wheelchair to a patient chair and vice versa. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Prevention of musculoskeletal diseases. Significance of appropriate dental chair and working posture in health maintenance. Correct hand positions while working with hand tools. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | The importance of maintaining a work-life balance. Health promotion measures at workplaces. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of global environmental health problems in different countries. Analysis of outdoor air problems. Group work - situation analysis and giving recommendations | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 9 | Indoor air and microclimate problems. Microclimate measurements in the classroom. Lighting problems - situation analysis | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 10 | Waterborne illnesses. Group work- analysis of water-related problems. Food poisoning. Analysis of food-related problems. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 11 | Analysis of ergonomic risks – situational tasks (analysis of work postures, equipment, instruments). | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 12 | Basic principles of transferring a patient from a wheelchair to a dental chair and back. Prevention of musculoskeletal disorders: exercises at work and leisure activities. Stress relief techniques. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 13 | Student presentations – analysis of workplaces and recommendations for improving workplaces. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 14 | Occupational diseases caused by biological factors. Occupational diseases caused by chemical factors, mercury poisoning. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 15 | Allergic occupational diseases. Occupational diseases caused by dust. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 16 | Occupational diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissue system. Psychosocial risk factors of the work environment, stress at work, burnout syndrome. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Taking e-tests. Evaluation of work environment risk factors in dentistry and presentation of results. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students are assessed according to the following criteria: - participation in practical classes; - relevance and quality of answers in e-tests and - quality of presentations. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students will have the following knowledge: • basic knowledge of the importance of environmental health and occupational health, principles and applying them in practice, • how to analyse and recognise the main environmental health and work environment problems, • how to control and reduce the risk of developing diseases of the musculoskeletal system. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, students will be able: • to evaluate the ergonomic risk factors of the dentist’s work environment, • to hold working tools correctly, adjust the light and the dentist’s chair, as well as choose the correct working posture. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After completing the course, students will gain the competence to apply the acquired knowledge on environmental and occupational health while working as a dentist. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. (sast.) Vides veselība. Rīga: RSU, 2008, 696 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Dundurs J. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 2015. 228 p. The resource can be found in e-studies | ||||||||
| 3 | MK Noteikumu Nr.660 1. pielikums ‘’Darba vietas vai darba veida pārbaude un tajā esošo darba vides faktoru noteikšana un to novērtēšana’’ no 2007.gada 1. jūnija (Pielikums grozīts ar MK 07.04.2015. noteikumiem Nr.165) | ||||||||
| 4 | Cabinet Regulation. No. 660, Annex 1 of 2, October 2007 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Handbook of Occupational Hazards and Controls for Dental Workers. Government of Alberta. 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga, RSU, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 8 | Cabinet Regulation. No. 660, Annex 1 of 2, October 2007 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 9 | Handbook of Occupational Hazards and Controls for Dental Workers. Government of Alberta. 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ergonomika darbā. Rīga: Labklājības ministrija (tulkojums no spāņu valodas), 2010. | ||||||||
| 2 | Psihosociālā darba vide. Rīga: Labklājības ministrija (tulkojums no spāņu valodas), 2010. | ||||||||
| 3 | Hokwerda O, Rolf de Ruijter, Zijlstra-Shaw S. Adopting a healthy sitting working posture during patient treatment. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 5 | Hokwerda O, Rolf de Ruijter, Zijlstra-Shaw S. Adopting a healthy sitting working posture during patient treatment. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Ārstniecības likums, Darba aizsardzības likums., MK noteikumi. | ||||||||
| 2 | DOCUMENTS | European Society of Dental Ergonomics (esde.org) | ||||||||
| 3 | http://stradavesels.lv/materiali/?q=darba+medic%C4%ABna | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 5 | DOCUMENTS | European Society of Dental Ergonomics (esde.org) | ||||||||
