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Environmental and Occupational Health, Environmental Defence for Dental Hygienists
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:28.03.2022 15:47:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_045 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| 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) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| 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. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Air composition, air pollution and its effects on health. Indoor air problems. Sick building syndrome. Microclimate and its parameters. Evaluation of microclimatic parameters. Carbon dioxide as an indicator of indoor air purity. Situation analysis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Electromagnetic radiation, ionising and non-ionising radiation. Ultraviolet radiation, its effects on health. Visible light, its impact on human performance and health. Lighting parameters in different workplaces. Situation analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The hygienic and epidemiologic significance of water. Drinking water quality assessment. Situation analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Occupational health. Occupational and work related diseases. Occupational risk factors in dentistry. List of diseases in Latvia. Legislation in occupational health. Rights of occupational patients. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Biological, chemical, physical, Biomechanical, traumatic, psycho-emotional and other workplace risk factors. The work environment of medical institutions | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Psycho-emotional work environment risk factors. Burnout syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder for various professions. Preventive measures | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | 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 work environment risk factors and presentation of results. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | - Participation in practical classes. - Relevance 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; - the impact of work environment risk factors on human health and the possibilities to reduce them. | ||||||||
| 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 workplaces. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. (sast.) Vides veselība. Rīga: RSU, 2008, 696 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Handbook of Occupational Hazards and Controls for Dental Workers. Government of Alberta. 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Darba medicīna. Rīga; RSU, 2012. - 834 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Dundurs J. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 2015. 228 p. The resource can be found in e-studies | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://stradavesels.lv/materiali/?q=darba+medic%C4%ABna | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.who.int/ | ||||||||
| 3 | https://www.epa.gov | ||||||||
