| Course Unit Code | 040-0164/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 3 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| VIT001 | MUDr. Michael Vít, Ph.D. |
| SKE0015 | Mgr. Michaela Škerková, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| Students will learn how to orientate themselves in problems of interdisciplinary field of occupational medicine. They will gain knowledge about complex occupational health care and health protection at work. They will learn to know the general principles of health fitness assessment and health risk assessment at work. Furthermore, they will be acquainted with the biological effects of the most common risk factors of the working environment, their methods of objectification and will acquire the most common diseases that arise as a result of these risk factors and are reported as occupational diseases. |
| Course Contents |
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Lectures (2hrs)
1. Occupational medicine as a discipline, definitions, goals and activities of the field. Preventive nature of occupational medicine.
2. Occupational medical care, legislative background, content, main tasks.
3. Health risk assessment in occupational medicine. Categorization of work activities - procedure, design management, measurement and evaluation of risk factors for categorization, evidence of risky work.
4. Health fitness assessment. Medical examinations, purpose, content of preventive examinations.
5. Physical risk factors in the work environment and their impact on human health 1.
6. Physical risk factors in the work environment and their impact on human health 2.
7. Factors of physical workload and their impact on human health.
8. Dust as a risk factor for the working environment and its impact on human health.
9. Chemical factors in the working environment and their impact on human health.
10. Biological factors in the working environment and their impact on human health.
11. Factors of mental and sensory stress and their influence on human health.
12. Occupational diseases, definitions, assessment and recognition elements.
13. Accidents at work. Specifics of working conditions for juveniles, women, pregnant women and people of higher age.
14. Work-related illnesses - the most common illness of a non-professional nature that can be aggravated by work.
Exercise (1hr)
1. Individual types of prevention in occupational medicine, possibilities of their use and importance for protection and support of employees health. Examples.
2. Anamnestic and somatic examination (TK and TF measurements).
3. Categorization - examples. Category categorization.
4. Medical fitness assessment - examples, case reports.
5. Investigation methods at risk of noise 1 (speech, tuning, otoacoustic emissions)
6. Investigation methods at risk of noise 2 (tone audiometry).
7. Examination methods in risk of vibration (finger plethysmography and cold test).
8. Examination methods in the risk of local muscular load (EMG), practical examples.
9. Investigation methods in dust risk 1 (spirometry).
10. Investigation methods in dust risk 1 (RTG).
11. Examination methods at risk of visual stress (visual acuity examination).
12. Occupational diseases - trends in the number of reported diseases, case reports.
13. Investigation methods in risk of chemical substances (BET).
14. Work-related diseases. Examples, case reports. |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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STuček, M., Cikrt, M., Pelclová, D. Pracovní lékařství pro praxi. Příručka s doporučenými standardy. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0927-9.
Málek, B. Hygiena práce. Vyd. 2., aktualiz., (V Sobotáles 1.). Praha: Sobotáles, 2014. ISBN 978-80-86817-46-0.
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Tuček, M., Cikrt, M., Pelclová, D. Pracovní lékařství pro praxi. Příručka s doporučenými standardy. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0927-9.
Málek, B. Hygiena práce. Vyd. 2., aktualiz., (V Sobotáles 1.). Praha: Sobotáles, 2014. ISBN 978-80-86817-46-0.
Snashall D, Patel D., ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition, BMJ Books 2013. ISBN 978-1444338171
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| Recommended Reading: |
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Kolektiv autorů: Pracovní lékařství. Základy primární pracovnělékařské péče. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2005. ISBN 80-7013-414-3.
Provazník K., Komárek L. a kol. Manuál prevence v lékařské praxi. Souborné vydání. Fortuna, Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7168-942-4.
Česká republika. Nařízení vlády č. 361/2007, kterým se stanoví podmínky ochrany zdraví při práci
Česká republika. Zákon č. 373/2011 ze dne 8.12.2011, o specifických zdravotních službách.
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Kolektiv autorů: Pracovní lékařství. Základy primární pracovnělékařské péče. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2005. ISBN 80-7013-414-3.
Provazník K., Komárek L. a kol. Manuál prevence v lékařské praxi. Souborné vydání. Fortuna, Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7168-942-4.
Česká republika. Nařízení vlády č. 361/2007, kterým se stanoví podmínky ochrany zdraví při práci
Česká republika. Zákon č. 373/2011 ze dne 8.12.2011, o specifických zdravotních službách.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Credit | Credit | 30 | 16 |
| Examination | Examination | 70 | 35 |