Occupational Medicine

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)

No

Syllabus

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

-Current Diagnosis & Treatment Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Joseph Ladou e Robert Harrison. ISBN: 9781260143430 Editor:                Mcgraw-Hill Education. 2021.

-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.