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Environmental Sciences and Environmental Defence
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:14.03.2024 08:18:16
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_048 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Medical Technologies; 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) | 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: | Basic knowledge in chemistry, physics, biology and physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire the basic knowledge of environmental and occupational health, and practical skills on how to apply the knowledge in health maintenance and disease prevention. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Environmental health. Environmental diseases and environment-related diseases. The main effects of environmental pollution on the human body. Global environmental health challenges. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Air composition, outdoor air pollution and its effects on health. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Indoor air problems. Sick building syndrome. Microclimate and its parameters. | Lectures | 0.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Electromagnetic radiation, ionising and non-ionising radiation. Ultraviolet radiation, its effects on health. Visible light, its impact on human performance and health. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Biological, chemical, Prevention. The work environment of medical institutions. | Lectures | 0.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Physical hazards at work. Prevention. | Lectures | 0.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Biomechanical (ergonomic), traumatic risk factors at work. Possibilities of reducing their exposure. | Lectures | 0.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Psychoemotional, organizational and other work environment risk factors. Prevention. Health promotion at workplaces. | Lectures | 0.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Analysis of global environmental health problems in different countries. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Evaluation of microclimatic parameters. Carbon dioxide as an indicator of indoor air purity. Situation analysis. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The hygienic and epidemiologic significance of water. Drinking water quality assessment. Situation analysis. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Food contamination in the world and in Latvia. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Analysis of ergonomic work environment risk factors. Students' independent work. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Presentation of students' independent works: analysis of environmental health problems; evaluation of workplace risk factors in different workplaces. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Fulfilment of e-tests. Evaluation of environmental health problems and work environment risk factors and presentation of results. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | - Participation in practical classes. - Topicality and quality of answers in e-tests and - quality of presentations. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understand and explain: - the impact of environmental factors on human health and the potential for reducing pollution; - opportunities to reduce work environment risk factors. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Recognize: - the most common environmental factors that can cause environmental diseases; - work environment risk factors that may affect the health of employees and patients. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Participate in measures to reduce the impact of natural and work environment factors in their workplace. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vides veselība. Sast. Eglīte M. 2008. RSU, 696 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Dundurs J. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 2014. 228 pp. The resource can be found in the 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 | ||||||||
| 4 | Cabinet Regulation. No. 660, Annex 1 of 2, October 2007 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga: RSU, 2012, 834 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kļaviņš M., Nikodemus O., Segliņš V., Melecis V., Vircavs M., Āboliņa K. Vides zinātne Māra Kļaviņa red. // Rīga.- LU apgāds, 2008.- 599 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://stradavesels.lv/materiali/?q=darba+medic%C4%ABna | ||||||||
| 2 | https://osha.europa.eu/en/themes | ||||||||
