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Occupational Medicine and Occupational Diseases for Nutrition Specialists
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:26.01.2024 15:08:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_022 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| 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) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, microbiology, physiology, environmental health, internal medicine, neurology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with knowledge about the subject of occupational health and the basic principles of occupational medicine, about risk factors of the work environment and pathological changes in the human body caused by them, occupational diseases and work-related diseases, as well as about the organization of medical services for employees and preventive measures in occupational safety and health protection. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Occupational health. Discipline and tasks of occupational medicine. Occupational diseases and work-related diseases. List of occupational diseases. Mandatory health checks. Rights of occupational diseases, compensation in case of occupational diseases. The working environment of health institutions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Chemical, biological risk factors of the work environment and their impact on health. Physical risk factors of the work environment, their impact on workers' health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Mechanical work environment risk factors. Injury and accident prevention. Psychoemotional risk factors of the work environment. Health promotion in workplaces. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Modern occupational health problems related to the use of information and communication technologies. Health promotion in the workplace. Analysis and presentation of the survey of the workplace chosen by the students. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Occupational health. Discipline and tasks of occupational medicine. Occupational diseases and work-related diseases. List of occupational diseases. Mandatory health checks. Rights of occupational diseases, compensation in case of occupational diseases. The working environment of health institutions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Chemical, biological risk factors of the work environment and their impact on health. Physical risk factors of the work environment, their impact on workers' health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Mechanical work environment risk factors. Injury and accident prevention. Psychoemotional risk factors of the work environment. Health promotion in workplaces. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Modern occupational health problems related to the use of information and communication technologies. Health promotion in the workplace. Analysis and presentation of the survey of the workplace chosen by the students. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Expanded acquisition of additional knowledge, skills, competencies from e-study training materials, from presentations, discussions. Conducting and presenting a workplace assessment. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • participation in practical lessons; • topicality of the content of independent works; • quality of presentation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • list the risk factors of the work environment - physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, psychosocial and organizational risk factors of the work environment; • briefly describe the effect of occupational factors on the employee's health; • explain the procedures for diagnosing occupational diseases in Latvia; • describe the procedure by which mandatory health examinations are carried out in Latvia; • outline the preventive measures for preventing health risks, improving the health of workers and preventing occupational diseases; • to systematize the main principles of labor protection. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • critically analyze the risk factors of the work environment; • suggest improvements to the work environment. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The acquired competence will allow: • assess the potential impact of harmful risk factors on the health of employees; • put forward proposals for mitigating the impact of risk factors in the work environment, as well as for preventing or reducing shortcomings in the work organization. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga, 2012., 2. pārstrādātais izdevums. 834 lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kaļķis V., Roja Ž., Kaļķis H. Arodveselība un riski darbā. Rīga, Medicīnas apgāds, 2015. - 533 lpp | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | https://www.osha.gov | ||||||||
