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Placement in Occupational Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:11.01.2023 12:26:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_011 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Žanna Martinsone | ||||||||
| 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) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prior knowledge in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, microbiology and physiology, environmental health is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the study course is to acquire practical knowledge in the field of occupational health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Methodological instructions for drawing up placement documentation. Procedures for the performance of independent work. Basic principles of Work Ability Index assessment. Biological work environment risk factors. Work environment risk factors for people employed in the health sector. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the course, the student practically fills in an individual logbook, which is reported at the end of the course. The course includes individual placement assignments, individual measurements and subsequent interpretation. Independent work in the selected company – identification and determination of risk factors, individual development of preventive measures. During the course, the student independently gains additional knowledge from e-learning materials, presentations, discussions on problem reports and research papers developed by students. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Criteria for assessing the completion of the study course: • participation in the work; • the relevance of the content of the independent work and the quality of the presentation; • successful reporting of the logbook of practical work; • successful defence of the placement. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | During the course, the student gains practical knowledge of the following: • the meaning, principles, directions, tasks of occupational health and will be able to apply them in practice; • the risk factors of the work environment in companies of different sectors (metalworking, construction, etc. in Latvia) and will be able to identify them; • the basic principles of measuring risk factors in the work environment and will be able to apply them in practice; • the procedures for carrying out mandatory health examinations and will be familiar with the practical application thereof in company operations. | ||||||||
| Skills: | During the course, the student acquires the following skills: • to independently, critically analyse, apply the acquired knowledge on occupational health; • to professionally apply reasoning to justify one’s opinion and evaluate occupational health as a preventive branch of the medical field in preserving and strengthening human health; • to identify and assess work environment risk factors in different Latvian companies and work environments; • to analyse different companies to identify risk factors that are harmful to health. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The acquired competence allows to: • see the connection between the state of human health and the conditions of the work environment; • apply knowledge of the basics of argumentation, logic and rhetoric to analyse practical situations; • develop recommendations, measures to prevent or reduce harmful risk factors of the work environment, ensuring optimal interaction between the human body and the work environment; • take responsibility and demonstrate leadership skills in cases where the interests of occupational safety, individuals or the society as a whole require it. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Darba medicīna. 2. pārstrādātais un papildinātais izdevums. Maija Eglīte, RSU, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Darba apstākļi un riski Latvijā 2017-2018. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | J.Dundurs. Methodic Directions for Practical Works in Environmental Health. RSU, 2011. | ||||||||
| 2 | J.Dundurs. Methodic Directions for Practical Works in Occupational Health. RSU, 2001. | ||||||||
| 3 | J.Dundurs. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. RSU,2015. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Pasaules Veselības Organizācijas interneta vietnes mājas lapa kā arī citas aroda un vides veselības nozares oficiālas un starptautiski atzītas interneta mājas lapas. | ||||||||
