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Occupational Medicine and Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:15.08.2024 13:13:29
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_058 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jeļena Reste | ||||||||
| 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) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Chemistry, biochemistry, physics, microbiology, environmental health, physiology, pathology, internal medicine, and neurology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire knowledge of the role of various occupational risk factors (physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, mechanical); their identification, evaluation, control, prevention or reduction and their influence on the health of employees. To acquire knowledge and skills in occupational disease etiology, pathogenesis, prevention treatment and rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Occupational health and occupational medicine, their tasks, legislation. Hazards in the working environment, a harmful situation, a harmful occurrence, a risk. Determination of occupational risk factors. The role of the general practitioner and occupational physicians in carrying out occupational medicine tasks. List of occupational diseases. Mandatory health check-ups for employees. The most characteristic occupational risk factors and occupational diseases in the work of medical personnel. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Occupational respiratory diseases resulting from dust, irritants and chemical substances. Diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Pneumoconiosis. Asbestosis and other asbestos-related diseases. Bronchitis caused by dust. Organic dust related occupational diseases. Occupational allergic diseases. Biological risk factors in the work environment. Occupational infectious diseases (tuberculosis, viral hepatitis). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Occupational diseases resulting from chemical exposures. Poisoning to heavy metals (lead, mercury, etc.), organic solvents. Occupational oncological diseases. Ionizing radiation induced acute and chronic health problems. The main health problems of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident clean-up workers. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Occupational musculoskeletal and nervous system diseases caused by physical overload. Compression neuropathies. Occupational diseases caused by physical factors: vibration disease, noise-induced hearing loss. Psychoemotional factors and stress at work. Burnout syndrome. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Acquisition of extended knowledge, skills and competence from the training materials in e-study environment, from textbooks, videomaterials, group discussions. Analysis of clinical case reports and situation tasks. 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: | In the assessment of student’s knowledge, the total individual contribution and quality of work during the whole course is taken into account: • participation and activity in practical classes, successful implementation of lecturer's assigned tasks (35%); • quality of the independent work (35%); • regular tests on issues of occupational medicine and occupational diseases during the course and at the end of the course (30%). Method of testing: cumulative exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will obtain basic knowledge of occupational medicine and occupational diseases and they will be able to describe: • the significance, principles, trends and challenges of occupational medicine and occupational health; • the impact of occupational hazards on the human body; • forecasting of occupational risk factors, methods of measurement, basics of assessment, laws and regulations related to occupational health; • key issues of ergonomics, the role and the methods applied in different working environments; • elaboration of preventive measures and work safety monitoring; • the risk of occupational diseases caused by occupational factors, their etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to: • find necessary information in literature and Internet data bases about occupational hazards and occupational medicine issues; • evaluate and interpret the impact of various environmental and occupational factors on the human body and health; • reveal hazardous occupational factors for the human health; • evaluate the changes in human body in relation to impact of occupational hazards; • recognize the signs of occupational diseases caused by the most widespread physical, chemical, ergonomic, biological and psycho-emotional factors, their typical symptoms and forms of occupational diseases, choose the most appropriate method of treatment and rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to: • classify and assess the level of risk for patient, employee, society and environment; • advise people on occupational hazards, patients’ rights, the process of occupational expertise, and prevention of occupational diseases; • work out preventive measures for the reduction of occupational hazards; • apply the main laws, regulations and documentation related to the issues of occupational health and occupational medicine; • discuss issues of occupational health and occupational medicine within the occupational health team and participate in its work; • elaborate proposals, plan and introduce measures for improvement of treatment and working conditions, and reduce gaps in work organisation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. 2. izd. Rīga, 2012. | ||||||||
| 2 | Sadhra, S., Bray, A., and Boorman S. Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press. Iegūts no: ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| 3 | Baxter P.J. et al. Hunter's Diseases of Occupations. 10th ed. Iegūts no: ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dundurs J., Environmental & Occupational Medicine: textbook for RSU foreign students. Rīga, Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2014. | ||||||||
| 2 | Joseph LaDou, Robert J. Harrison, 2021. Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 6th ed. McGraw Hill Iegūts no: McGraw Hill Access Medicine | ||||||||
