| Course title | Occupational Medicine |
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| Course code | PRL/VA011 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Exercise + Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | 4 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| 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) |
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| Course content |
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- The subject of occupational medicine ? goals, content, main components, basic legislation ? WHO, ILO, EU and in the Czech legal system. - Factors of the work environment and their influence on the health of workers, principles of work categorization. New and potentially possible risks (nanotechnology, digitalization). - Occupational diseases, occupational disease hazards, legislation, assessment procedures, recognition, reporting, compensation, statistics. - Occupational health services, role of the provider of these services, occupational health assessments of workers, monitoring of the work environment. - Effects of chemical substances on the organism ? an overview. Major occupational hepatotoxic, nephrotoxic, neurotoxic and hematotoxic substances. - Intoxication (hydrogen cyanide, cyanides, carbon monoxide, aromatic amino-nitro compounds, heavy metals ? lead, toxic alcohols ? methyl alcohol, glycols; pesticides, organophosphates), diagnosis, first aid, therapy, antidotes. - Occupational skin diseases. - Occupational communicable and parasitic diseases, travel medicine. - Effects of ionizing radiation. - Carcinogens in the work environment, malignant diseases as occupational diseases. - Pneumoconiosis. Definition, classification, detailed descriptions of silicosis, coal workers? pneumoconiosis, asbestosis. - Occupational allergic respiratory diseases. Byssinosis. - Overview of diseases caused by vibration, especially transmitted to the upper limbs, overloading of the limbs and spine.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization) |
| Learning outcomes |
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Knowledge of the basics of the interdisciplinary field that deals with the impact of the work environment on the health of individuals and populations and the ability to apply the knowledge in practice. Familiarizing students with health hazards in the work environment and their consequences - work-related health impairment, occupational health service principles, preventive measures in workplaces, occupational health assessments and fitness for work assessments. Introducing students to the basic procedures for the diagnosis, assessment, recognition, monitoring and prevention of occupational diseases; familiarizing students with the duties and procedures of the physician in charge.
Students are able to recognize health risk factors at work (such as ionizing radiation, biological agents, chemicals, allergens, carcinogens, overloading, etc.) and their impact on health and are able to implement the knowledge in diagnosis, therapy and prevention in various fields of medicine. They have essential knowledge to assess fitness for work and to manage occupational health impairment. They are familiar with measures to protect and promote health in the workplace, can describe basic procedures for assessing occupational diseases, and can describe the duties of the physician in charge and the occupational health service provider. They can design health promotion programs in the workplace. |
| Prerequisites |
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Completing the course prerequisities, available at https://stag.upol.cz/
PFY/VAA31 ----- or ----- PFY/VAB11 and PAT/VAA32 ----- or ----- PAT/VAB11 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written exam, Dialog
Active participation in seminars and practicals, a written exam, an interview with the student |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) | Category: Medical sciences | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2025) | Category: Medical sciences | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) | Category: Medical sciences | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: - |