Course Unit / Labour Law and Legal Medicine

Labour Law and Legal Medicine

Year
1
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
04450462
Subject Area
Legislation and Occupational Legal Medicine
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
Non Degree Course

Recommended Prerequisites

Doctors.

Teaching Methods

Interactive lectures, where computers will be used and practical cases will be presented.

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with the required tools and skills for identifying, tracking and evaluating work-related accidents and occupational diseases.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Work and risk.

- The contributions of law under the Labor Law.

- Presentation of standards of health and safety at work. – Basic framework, with special emphasis on the Labor Code approved by Law 7/2009 and Law 102/2010.

- Concept of work-related accident and occupational disease and its practical importance, duties and obligations towards the employer, the claimant and the insurance company.

- The medico-legal assessment of post-traumatic injury in Labor Law.

- From assessment to repair.

- The medical-legal report.

- Difference in medico-legal assessment of damage in the various branches of law.

- National Table of Disabilities for Work-Related Accidents and Occupational Diseases and Table for Assessing Permanent Disabilities in civil law.

- Case studies.

Assessment Methods

Final
Exam: 100.0%