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Environmental Sciences and Environmental Defence
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:25.03.2024 08:48:16
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_057 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Rehabilitation; Medical Technologies | ||||||
| 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) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 22 | ||||||||
| 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. Air composition, outdoor air pollution and its effects on health. Indoor air problems. Sick building syndrome. Microclimate and its parameters. Electromagnetic radiation, ionising and non-ionising radiation. Ultraviolet radiation, its effects on health. Visible light, its impact on human performance and health. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Biological, chemical, Prevention. The work environment of medical institutions. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Physical hazards at work. Prevention. Biomechanical (ergonomic), traumatic risk factors at work. Possibilities of reducing their exposure. Psychoemotional, organizational and other work environment risk factors. Prevention. Health promotion at workplaces. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Analysis of global environmental health problems in different countries. Evaluation of microclimatic parameters. Carbon dioxide as an indicator of indoor air purity. Situation analysis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | The hygienic and epidemiologic significance of water. Drinking water quality assessment. Situation analysis. Food contamination in the world and in Latvia. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Presentation of students' independent works: analysis of environmental health problems; evaluation of workplace risk factors in different workplaces. Analysis of ergonomic work environment risk factors. Students' independent work. | 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. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | - Participation in practical classes: creating presentations and solving situational tasks - 30%. - Topicality and quality of answers in e-tests after video lectures - 20%. - Presentation on risk analysis of the working environment - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| 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 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga: RSU, 2012, 834 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 | Kaļķis V., Roja Ž., Kaļķis H. Arodveselība un riski darbā. Medicīnas apgāds. 2015. 538 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 | ||||||||
