Course: Occupational Medical Care in Dental Professions

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Course title Occupational Medical Care in Dental Professions
Course code PRL/ZUA11
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vildová Helena, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Nakládalová Marie, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Boriková Alena, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Occupational medicine, aim, object, occupational preventive care by stomatological professions from legal, employee, employer and physician point of view. Jobs categorization. Individual job risk factors at stomatological professions - local muscle strain, biological factors, psychological strain - impact on health. Risk prevention. Most often health damages from work at stomatological professions. Model situations.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
This topic is concerned with the basic subject with emphasis on its interdisciplinary character. We will become acquainted with the principles of evaluating the basic health risk factors at work - for example how chemical agents, biological agents, and physical factors (noise, dust, vibration, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation) have an effect on health. Possible dangers to health from work are examined both from the point of view of various medical fields, and from the point of view of different professions of individual fields.
The student will be able to assess and prevention of dangers to health from work in the dentistry profession from the point of view of employees and employers.
Prerequisites
There are not specific.
IN1/ZUA12 and PFY/ZUB12

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student

Active attendance in seminars.
Recommended literature
  • odborný časopis Pracovní lékařství.
  • Studijní materiály dostupné na Moodle.
  • Pelclová, D. a kol. (2014). Nemoci z povolání a intoxikace. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Šubrt, B., Tuček, M. (2019). Pracovnělékařské služby- povinnosti zaměstnavatelů a lékařů. Anag.
  • Švábová, K., Tuček, M., Nakládalová, M. (2020). Pracovní lékařství pro všeobecné praktické lékaře. Praha: Raabe.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter