040-0359/01 – Occupational medicine (PRAL)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Occupational and Process SafetyCredits4
Subject guarantorMgr. Michaela Škerková, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorMgr. Michaela Škerková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year2Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2018/2019Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFBIIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
MAD05 doc. MUDr. Rastislav Maďar, PhD., MBA, FRCPS
VIT001 MUDr. Michael Vít, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Understand and apply basic practices in occupational medicine.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

1. Introduction to the topic, terms and definitions 2. Healthy workplace 3. Work related risk factors and occupational hazards 4. Occupational chemical factors and their relation to health impairment 5. Occupational biological factor and their relation to health impairment 6. Occupational physical factor and their relation to health impairment 7. Forms of environmental harm 8. Epidemiology of work related injuries and accidents 9. Occupational psychology 10. Mental illnesses at the workplace 11. First aid, CPR 12. Hazard-specific strategies, HACCP 13. Health protection and promotion 14. Standard operating procedures and guidelines

Compulsory literature:

S. Ghebrehewet, A. G. Stewart, D. Baxter, P. Shears, D. Conrad, M. Kliner, Health Protection, Principles and Practice, Oxford University Press 2016, ISBN: 9780198745471 Viner D., Occupational Risk Control: Predicting and Preventing the Unwanted, Gower Publishing Ltd. 2015, ISBN13 9781472419705 Snashall D, Patel D., ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition, BMJ Books 2013. ISBN 978-1444338171

Recommended literature:

A.L. Thygerson, Injury Prevention: Competencies For Unintentional Injury Prevention Professionals 3rd Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0763753832 Advanced First Aid, CPR and AED, 7th Edition, A.L. Thygerson, S.M. Thygerson Jones & Bartlett Learning 2016, ISBN-13: 978-1284105315 Occupational Psychology : An Applied Approach, G. Steptoe-Warren, Pearson Education Limited 2013. ISBN13 9780273734208

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

no others requirements

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to the topic, terms and definitions 2. Healthy workplace 3. Work related risk factors and occupational hazards 4. Occupational chemical factors and their relation to health impairment 5. Occupational biological factor and their relation to health impairment 6. Occupational physical factor and their relation to health impairment 7. Forms of environmental harm 8. Epidemiology of work related injuries and accidents 9. Occupational psychology 10. Mental illnesses at the workplace 11. First aid, CPR 12. Hazard-specific strategies, HACCP 13. Health protection and promotion 14. Standard operating procedures and guidelines

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2018/2019 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 30  10
        Examination Examination 70  21 3
Mandatory attendence participation: zápočet – prezentace zkouška – písemný test

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2023/2024 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2022/2023 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2021/2022 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2020/2021 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2019/2020 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan

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