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Public and Environmental Health for Functional Specialists
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:11.04.2023 14:48:12
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_243 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation; Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Zane Liepiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| 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) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-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) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to professional studies and research, biology, physiology, civil and environmental protection. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To gain knowledge and understanding of public and environmental health aspects and their impact on individual and public health in the context of the practice of a functional specialist. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Environmental health, environmental diseases and related diseases. Environmental chemical, biological, physical and psychosocial factors, their impact on human health. Global environmental health problems in Latvia and in the world. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Air as a component of the environment. Air pollution and its effects on human health. Indoor air pollution problems, sick building syndrome. Microclimate and its determinants. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Electromagnetic and ultraviolet radiation, its effects on health. Visible light, its impact on human performance and health. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Biological, chemical, physical, physical, psycho-emotional and other factors of the work environment. Medical environment. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | The concept of health and public health, areas of public health. The role of a functional specialist in improving public health. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Basic concepts and concepts of epidemiology, calculations of disease frequency. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Evaluation of microclimatic parameters. Carbon dioxide as an indicator of indoor air purity. Lighting evaluation in different workplaces. Problem solving tasks. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 8 | Hygienic and epidemiological significance of water. Drinking water quality assessment. Assessment of work environment risk factors in different workplaces. Presentation of students' independent works. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 9 | Basic epidemiological indicators, disease incidence estimates and health information. Analysis and interpretation of epidemiological data in the practice of a functional specialist. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 10 | Factors influencing health and health habits of the Latvian population. The role of functional specialists in influencing health habits. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 11 | Seminar: presentation of the independent task and analysis of the completed work. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Environmental health, environmental diseases and related diseases. Environmental chemical, biological, physical and psychosocial factors, their impact on human health. Global environmental health problems in Latvia and in the world. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Air as a component of the environment. Air pollution and its effects on human health. Indoor air pollution problems, sick building syndrome. Microclimate and its determinants. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Electromagnetic and ultraviolet radiation, its effects on health. Visible light, its impact on human performance and health. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Biological, chemical, physical, physical, psycho-emotional and other factors of the work environment. Medical environment. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | The concept of health and public health, areas of public health. The role of a functional specialist in improving public health. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Basic concepts and concepts of epidemiology, calculations of disease frequency. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Evaluation of microclimatic parameters. Carbon dioxide as an indicator of indoor air purity. Lighting evaluation in different workplaces. Problem solving tasks. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 8 | Hygienic and epidemiological significance of water. Drinking water quality assessment. Assessment of work environment risk factors in different workplaces. Presentation of students' independent works. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 9 | Basic epidemiological indicators, disease incidence estimates and health information. Analysis and interpretation of epidemiological data in the practice of a functional specialist. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 10 | Factors influencing health and health habits of the Latvian population. The role of functional specialists in influencing health habits. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 11 | Seminar: presentation of the independent task and analysis of the completed work. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Learning tasks: 1) Individual task: a) Global environmental health problems in Latvia and the world - choose a global problem from examples and analyze the main environmental health problems, collect solutions at the individual, municipal and national level, provide proposals for solutions; b) Assessment of the workplace or type of work and determination of the factors of the working environment and their assessment - completed assessment form, report on the assessment results; 2) in a group (2-3 students) - promotion of public health in the municipality - research and analysis of the public health profile in the municipality, identification and analysis of health promotion measures in the municipality, report and discussion. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | At the end of the study course, a cumulative exam on the learning tasks implemented in the study course: 1) individually: a) global environmental health problems in Latvia and the world (individual task); b) assessment of work environment risk factors (individual task) - 50%; 2) group task - promotion of public health in the municipality - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of successful completion of the course the student will be able to: - to understand and explain the impact of environmental factors on human health and the possibilities for reducing pollution; - to understand and explain the possibilities of reducing the risk factors of the work environment; - understand and explain the frequency of diseases (incidence, prevalence); - to understand and explain the factors influencing health and health habits of the Latvian population. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of successful completion of the course the student will be able to: - identify the most common environmental factors that can cause environmental diseases; - identify work environment risk factors that may affect the health of employees and patients; - to select, compile and use the most important information on public health and health habits of the population in Latvia; - apply disease incidence estimates. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of successful completion of the course the student will be able to: - to participate in measures to reduce the impact of natural and work environment factors at their workplace; - to analyze and interpret the public health situation and health habits of the Latvian population; - interpret data from disease frequency estimates. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M., Vanadziņš I. un citi. Vides veselība. RSU, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Baltiņš M. Epidemioloģijas pamatjēdzieni un koncepcijas, Lietišķā epidemioloģija. “Zinātne”, 2003., 48 – 66.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Baltiņš M. Slimību biežuma aprēķini, Lietišķā epidemioloģija. “Zinātne”, 2003., 68 – 106.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Veselības ministrija. Sabiedrības veselības pamatnostādnes 2021.-2027. gadam | ||||||||
| 5 | WHO. Rehabilitation Competency Framework, 2020 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. 2012. RSU, 834 lpp | ||||||||
| 2 | Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs. Latvijas iedzīvotāju veselību ietekmējošo paradumu pētījums, 2018 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | WHO. Rehabilitation Competency Framework: Information Sheet | ||||||||
