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Environmental Sciences and Hygiene
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:29.03.2022 10:16:42
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_034 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer | ||||||
| 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) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prerequisites in biology, chemistry, anatomy, physiology are required | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the study course is to provide an understanding of various environmental components, factors, their importance and impact on an individual's health, the importance of hygiene in disease prevention and health promotion. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Air as a component of the environment, air pollution and its effects on health. Outdoor air problems in Latvia and the world. Recommendations for physical activity levels for different groups of people depend on the degree of the air quality index. Indoor air problems, sick building syndrome. Health effects of climatic and microclimatic conditions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Electromagnetic radiation spectrum, sources of natural and artificial electromagnetic radiation. Non-ionizing, ionizing radiation. Ultraviolet radiation, its effects on health. Visible light, natural and artificial lighting. Effects of light on human health. Sources of natural and artificial blue light, its impact on biological rhythms. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The hygienic and epidemiologic significance of water. Drinking water quality. Health problems caused by water pollution. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Biological, chemical factors, allergens and noise in gyms and swimming pools. Assessment of sports risk factors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Indoor air quality, carbon dioxide as an indicator of indoor air quality. Microclimatic parameters, their impact on health. Measurements of microclimatic parameters and carbon dioxide levels. Group work - solving situation tasks about indoor microclimatic parameters and carbon dioxide. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Natural and artificial lighting. Determinants of natural light. Influence of lighting on the work ability and well-being of employees and customers. Lighting standards depending on the work to be performed. Lighting measurements. Group work - determination of lighting levels, analysis of the meaning of light in different spheres of human activity. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Workplace hazards in fitness centres, gyms and pools. Group work - analysis of risks and hazards in sport facilities and their possible impact on the health of sports professionals and clients, opportunities to reduce/ eliminate their impact. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Presentations of students' independent work on the analysis of risk factors in sports facilities, possible impact on the health of sports professionals and visitors, recommendations for reducing / preventing their impact. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Air as a component of the environment, air pollution and its effects on health. Outdoor air problems in Latvia and the world. Recommendations for physical activity levels for different groups of people depend on the degree of the air quality index. Indoor air problems, sick building syndrome. Health effects of climatic and microclimatic conditions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Electromagnetic radiation spectrum, sources of natural and artificial electromagnetic radiation. Non-ionizing, ionizing radiation. Ultraviolet radiation, its effects on health. Visible light, natural and artificial lighting. Effects of light on human health. Sources of natural and artificial blue light, its impact on biological rhythms. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The hygienic and epidemiologic significance of water. Drinking water quality. Health problems caused by water pollution. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Biological, chemical factors, allergens and noise in gyms and swimming pools. Assessment of sports risk factors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Indoor air quality, carbon dioxide as an indicator of indoor air quality. Microclimatic parameters, their impact on health. Measurements of microclimatic parameters and carbon dioxide levels. Group work - solving situation tasks about indoor microclimatic parameters and carbon dioxide. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Natural and artificial lighting. Determinants of natural light. Influence of lighting on the work ability and well-being of employees and customers. Lighting standards depending on the work to be performed. Lighting measurements. Group work - determination of lighting levels, analysis of the meaning of light in different spheres of human activity. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Workplace hazards in fitness centres, gyms and pools. Group work - analysis of risks and hazards in sport facilities and their possible impact on the health of sports professionals and clients, opportunities to reduce/ eliminate their impact. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Presentations of students' independent work on the analysis of risk factors in sports facilities, possible impact on the health of sports professionals and visitors, recommendations for reducing / preventing their impact. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Acquisition of additional knowledge, skills, competencies from e-learning materials and recommended literature sources. • Assessment of workplace risk factors in gyms. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • participation in practical classes; • student's individual work - evaluation of the gym and its presentation, • topicality of the content of the independent work and quality of the presentation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon completion of the study course the student: • will be able to name and describe environmental factors that are harmful to human health in certain environmental conditions; • will be able to name the measures to be taken to reduce the impact of workplace risk factors. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the study course the student will be able to: • identify harmful environmental factors and assess their degree of risk; • Recommend risk control measures. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon completion of the study course the student will be able to • use the acquired knowledge on environmental health and hygiene issues in their professional activities; • to put forward proposals, plan and take measures to improve the environmental conditions and to eliminate or reduce the shortcomings of the work environment organization; • will be able to provide a healthy environment for both employees and customers. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. (sast.) Vides veselība. Rīga: RSU, 2008, 696 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | 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) | ||||||||
| 3 | Cabinet Regulation. No. 660, Annex 1 of 2, October 2007 | ||||||||
| 4 | Dundurs J. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 2014. 228 p. The resource can be found in e-studies | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. 2012. - 834 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Psihosociālā darba vide. Rīga: Labklājības ministrija (tulkojums no spāņu valodas), 2010. | ||||||||
| 3 | Darba drošībā – Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2010. 278 lpp | ||||||||
| 4 | Darba higiēna – Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2010. 279 lpp | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://stradavesels.lv/materiali/?q=darba+medic%C4%ABna | ||||||||
