Occupational medicine

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	040-0359/01
Abbreviation	PRAL
Course title	Occupational medicine
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	Mgr. Michaela Škerková, Ph.D.

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. Standard operating procedures and guidelines.

E-learning

Study materials are available at TEAMS.

Literature

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

Advised literature

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

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