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Environmental Health and Environmental Defence for Nutrition Specialists
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:20.08.2021 15:56:51
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_044 | 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. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire basic knowledge of the environmental health and practical skills 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 definitions, goals and tasks, assessment methods, environmental diseases. Global environmental problems. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Air composition and quality. Air pollution and its effects on health. Indoor air pollution. Sick building syndrome. Microclimate parameters. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Light effect on human health and circadian rhythm. Natural and artificial lighting assessments in different rooms (training, health care, work, home, etc.). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Physiological and hygienic values of water, physical, biological, chemical water pollution. Bacteriological characteristics of water pollution, indicators and control of drinking water quality, methods of drinking water purification and disinfection. Presentation of student reports. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Environmental health definitions, goals and tasks, assessment methods, environmental diseases. Global environmental problems. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Air composition and quality. Air pollution and its effects on health. Indoor air pollution. Sick building syndrome. Microclimate parameters. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Light effect on human health and circadian rhythm. Natural and artificial lighting assessments in different rooms (training, health care, work, home, etc.). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Physiological and hygienic values of water, physical, biological, chemical water pollution. Bacteriological characteristics of water pollution, indicators and control of drinking water quality, methods of drinking water purification and disinfection. Presentation of student reports. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Individually prepared report • Presentation of the report and the following discussion | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • participation and activity in practical classes and seminars; • topicality of the independent work and quality of presentation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Define and explain the principles, tasks and methods of environmental health. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • analyze micro-climate observations; • identify and evaluate the lighting; • evaluate the effectiveness of ventilation; • recognize the most widely spread environmental factors causing the development of environmental diseases | ||||||||
| Competencies: | •To recognise the impact of environmental factors to human health. •To solve environmental health problems in their working life. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vides veselība. Rīga: RSU, 2008. - 695 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kļaviņš M. Atmosfēras ķīmija un gaisa piesārņojums. – Rīga: LU, 2000. – 166 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kļaviņš M., Cimdiņš P. Ūdeņu kvalitāte un tās aizsardzība. – Rīga: LU, 2004.- 204.lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kļaviņš M., Zaļoksna J. Vide un ilgstpējīga attīstība. – Rīga: LU, 2011. -70-183 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.vi.gov.lv/lv/vides-veseliba | ||||||||
| 2 | https://europa.eu/european-union/topics/environment_en | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.who.int/phe/en/ | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.searo.who.int/topics/environmental_health/en/ | ||||||||
| 5 | https://www.epa.gov | ||||||||
