Occupational Medicine
1
2019-2020
02036352
Occupational Health
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
10.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
General Health knowledge.
Teaching Methods
Explaining and demonstrating methodologies. Case discussion.
Learning Outcomes
Develop a thorough knowledge of the major health conditions related to work.
To apply and develop a correct model of occupational history.
Recognize the main risk factors related to work.
To identify early changes early and reversible health of workers
Understand the strategy and methodological recognition, identification and referral of cases of accidents at work and occupational diseases.
Know how to select models of preventive strategies in Occupational Medicine and establish practices of Health Promotion in the workplace.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Historical Aspects of diseases related to work
Models for collecting and compiling Occupational Medical History.
Main risks in Occupational Health:
-Physical hazards - temperature, ionizing and non ionizing radiation, vibration, laser, electromagnetic fields, disbarism.
-Biological Hazards in Occupational Health
-Chemical Hazards in Occupational Health - clinical perspective. Role and importance of chemical safety data sheets.
-Special groups (Occupational clinical aspects regarding pregant and lactating women at work)
Ocuppational diesases:
-Musculoskeletal Pathology; recognition and prevention of musculoskeletal occupational lesions.
-Occupational Oncology.
-Occupational Dermatology.
-Professional deafness and hearing impairments: a clinical risk framework in the workplace.
-Occupational Pulmonology - Occupational Inhalation Risks. Occupational Asthma, Pneumoconiosis, Hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Promoting Health in the Workplace - methodology and practical application.
Head Lecturer(s)
António Jorge Correia Gouveia Ferreira
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Exam: 100.0%
Bibliography
- Julia Smedley. Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health. OUP Oxford; 2 edition 2013 ISBN: 978-019965162
-Joseph La Dou - Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine 5 ed 2014. McGraw-Hill Education ISBN: 978-0071808156
-Barry S. Levy, David H. Wegman, Sherry L. Baron and Rosemary K. Sokas - Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury Oxford University Press, USA; 6 edition (January 25, 2011)
- David Snashall ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine- Wiley-Blackwell; 3rd Edition edition 2012 ISBN: 978-1444338171
ILO's Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety:
http://www.ilo.org/safework/info/publications/WCMS_113329/lang--en/index.htm
Prevenção de riscos profissionais no periodo da maternidade. Lisboa, ISHST 2006.
Ergonomia e lesões músculo-esqueléticas em contexto hospitalar. Mónica Paz Barroso, Paula Carneiro, Luís Gomes da Costa. ISBN 978-989-8076-57-1 Série Informação Técnica/2010.