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Environmental and Occupational Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:28.07.2024 14:03:30
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_015 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| 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) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of chemistry, biochemistry, physics, microbiology, anatomy and physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the study course is to provide insight into environmental health and occupational health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Environmental health. Environmental hazards and health Effects. Environmental diseases. Global environmental problems. Outdoor and indoor air. Air pollution impact on health. The main air pollutants. Indoor air quality. Sick building syndrome. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared radiation. Visible light. Natural and artificial lighting. General, local lighting in workplaces. Exposure to the blue light spectrum. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Drinking water quality. Water pollution, diseases caused by it | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Rational nutrition. Food contamination. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Work environment risk factors in dentistry. Ergonomic work environment risk factors in dentistry. Recommendations of the European Society of Dental Ergonomics for setting up a dentist’s workplace. Basic principles of transferring a patient from a wheelchair to a patient chair and vice versa. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Prevention of musculoskeletal diseases. Significance of appropriate dental chair and working posture in health maintenance. Correct hand positions while working with hand tools. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | The importance of maintaining a work-life balance. Health promotion measures at workplaces. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of global environmental health problems in different countries. Analysis of outdoor air problems. Group work - situation analysis and giving recommendations | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Indoor air and microclimate problems. Microclimate measurements in the classroom. Lighting problems - situation analysis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Waterborne illnesses. Group work- analysis of water-related problems. Food poisoning. Analysis of food-related problems. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Analysis of ergonomic risks – situational tasks (analysis of work postures, equipment, instruments etc). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Basic principles of transferring a patient from a wheelchair to a dental chair and back. Prevention of musculoskeletal disorders: exercises at work and leisure activities. Stress relief techniques. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Student presentations – analysis of dentist's workplace and recommendations for improving working conditions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Occupational diseases caused by biological factors. Occupational diseases caused by chemical factors, mercury poisoning. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Allergic occupational diseases. Occupational diseases caused by dust. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Occupational diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissue system. Psychosocial risk factors of the work environment, stress at work, burnout syndrome. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Taking e-tests. Evaluation of work environment risk factors in dentistry and presentation of results. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students are assessed according to the following criteria: - participation in practical classes - 30%; - relevance and quality of answers in e-tests - 30%, and - quality of presentations - 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students will have the following knowledge: • basic knowledge of the importance of environmental health and occupational health, principles and applying them in practice, • how to analyse and recognise the main environmental health and work environment problems, • how to control and reduce the risk of developing diseases of the musculoskeletal system. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, students will be able: • to recognize chemical, biological, ergonomic, psycho-emotional, traumatic and other risk factors at the dentist's workplace, • to assess the risks of occupational diseases and take preventive measures, | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After completing the course, students will gain the competence to apply the acquired knowledge on environmental and occupational health while working as a dentist. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāli e-studijās | ||||||||
| 2 | Eglīte M. (sast.) Vides veselība. Rīga: RSU, 2008, 696 lpp. (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Dundurs J. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 2015. 228 p. The resource can be found in e-studies | ||||||||
| 4 | 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) (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums | ||||||||
| 5 | Cabinet Regulation. No. 660, Annex 1 of 2, October 2007 (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Handbook of Occupational Hazards and Controls for Dental Workers. Government of Alberta. 2011. (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga, RSU, 2012. (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 8 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 9 | Study materials in e-studies | ||||||||
| 10 | Cabinet Regulation. No. 660, Annex 1 of 2, October 2007 (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 11 | Handbook of Occupational Hazards and Controls for Dental Workers. Government of Alberta. 2011. (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Hokwerda O, Rolf de Ruijter, Zijlstra-Shaw S. Adopting a healthy sitting working posture during patient treatment. 2009. (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums). | ||||||||
| 2 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 3 | Hokwerda O, Rolf de Ruijter, Zijlstra-Shaw S. Adopting a healthy sitting working posture during patient treatment. 2009. (2024. gadā akceptējams izdevums). | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Ārstniecības likums, Darba aizsardzības likums., MK noteikumi. | ||||||||
| 2 | Stradā vesels | ||||||||
| 3 | European Society of Dental Ergonomics (esde.org) publikācijas | ||||||||
| 4 | FDI World Dental Federation informācijas avoti | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 6 | Publications of European Society of Dental Ergonomics (esde.org) | ||||||||
| 7 | Information sources of FDI World Dental Federation | ||||||||
