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Basic Principles of Occupational Health and Safety
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:10.11.2022 08:27:51
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_008 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Biology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ivars Vanadziņš | ||||||||
| 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) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General understanding of the functions and anatomy of the human body, understanding of environmental factors and their impact on human health. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to provide students with a modern understanding of the working environment, provide background knowledge of the impact of the working environment on the health of employees and successful operation of businesses, and the role of occupational health and safety in improving public health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to occupational health and safety. The most important indicators. Legislation in labor protection. Internal monitoring of the working environment. Requirements for ensuring the working environment. Major risk factors. Practical task – risk assessment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Health promotion theory and opportunities in workplaces. Good practices of Latvian companies. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Chemical risk factors of the work environment. REACH and CLP principles. Practical use of safety data sheets and their information. Assessment of chemical risk factors of the working environment, protective equipment. Safety in working with chemicals in laboratories. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Occupational diseases and other diseases related to the working environment. The most important AS groups, the most frequent AS in Latvia. Mandatory health checks. The most important ergonomic risk factors, the importance of ergonomics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Psycho-emotional risks in the workplace. Indoor air quality. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Overload-induced occupational diseases, mechanisms of pathology development. Latest possibilities for diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders (thermography, myography, movement analysis, etc.). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Introduction to occupational health and safety. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Health promotion in the workplace. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Chemical risk factors in the working environment. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 10 | Occupational diseases and other diseases related to the working environment. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 11 | Psycho-emotional risks in the workplace. Indoor air quality. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 12 | Overload-induced occupational diseases, mechanisms of pathology development. Latest possibilities for diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders (thermography, myography, movement analysis, etc.). | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • works with literature and texts/tasks provided by the lecturer (30%); • participates in group work analysing situational tasks related to ergonomic risk assessment (40%); • takes an examination on the course (30%). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students are able to answer at least 60% of the questions in the examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to assess the most important risk factors in the working environment in Latvia and worldwide, as well as their impact on the individual, company and society as a whole. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to identify and assess risk factors in the working environment, evaluate the results of such assessment and analyse the impact on health and processes in companies and society. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to identify the possible effects of occupational risk factors on each individual involved in work processes, will be able to determine extent and hazardousness of the risk, as well as to plan the most important preventive measures in accordance with the requirements of legislation and recommendations. Students will be able to present the results obtained in writing and orally to professionals in the field and the public, as well as to present results and solutions at scientific and practical conferences. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | M. Eglīte. Darba medicīna. RSU, Rīga, 2012, 800 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | V. Kaļķis. Darba vides risku novērtēšanas metodes. Rīga, Latvijas Izglītības fonds, 2008., 212 lpp. | ||||||||
