COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SHS 1012 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ELECTIVE 1 0 0 1

Offered By

Vocational School of Healthcare

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ONUR ÖZGENÇ

Offered to

Anesthesia
First And Emergency Aid Technician
Medical Documentation and Secretariat
Ambulance and Emergency Care
Medical Laboratory Techniques
Audiometry
Medical Imaging Techniques
Vocational School of Healthcare
Nuclear Medicine Techniques
Radioterapy
Paramedics
Radiology
Medical Laboratory Technology

Course Objective

Students understand the concepts of occupational health and safety, as an employee of the profession in the health sector and prevention of risk factors is to gain knowledge and skills about.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the relationship between health and work.
2   Define the rights and responsibilities.
3   Define the concept of risk.
4   Experience as a health care professional can determine risk factors.
5   Define the basic principles of protection.
6   Configure the concepts of occupational health and safety in everyday life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, course description, expectations sharing, presentation of resources
2 Occupational health and historical development of basic concepts
3 The relationship between work and health
4 Occupational health and safety threatening risk and hazard in the workplace - Biological risks -Chemical risks -Physical risks -Psycho-social risks -Environmental risks
5 Risk assessment, risk management and risk communication
6 Work accidents -Case discussion
7 Occupational deseases -Chemical-induced occupational deseases -Physical-induced occupational deseases -Biological-induced occupational deseases -Occupational skin disorders -Occupationak chest deseases -
8 The basic protection measures Case discussion -Virtual whalkthrough evaluation
9 Business trip
10 Occupational health risks of health workers
11 Health worker rights, responsibilities and related regulations
12 Overall assessment and feedback

Recomended or Required Reading

1. BILIR N. YILDIZ A.N. Occupational Health and Safety Book , Hacettepe Üniversty Publication. 2th Edition. 2013.
2. DEVEBAKAN N. Health Workers Occupational Health and Safety Health Book, Health Workers' Union in Turkey, Ankara. 2008.
3. ÖZTÜRK Y. Günay O. Public Health Book. Erciyes Üniversty Publication. Kayseri, 2009.
4. AKIN L. GÜLER Ç. Public Health Basics Book, Hacettepe Üniversty Publication, Ankara. 2006.
5. Ministry of Labour and Social Security Occopational Health and Safety Project ( OHSP). Occupational Diseases and Work-related Diseases Diagnosis Guidebook. Ankara, 2011.
6. Ministry of Labour and Social Security, General Directorate of Occupational Health and Safety (GDOHS). Occupational Diseases Guidebook. Ankara, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instructor's lecture presentations, interactive question-and-answer discussion of case expression, cooperative learning, animation, and general discussion of the application in a virtual workplace

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Öğr.Gör.Tuğba PALAZ
tugba.palaz@deu.edu.tr
0232 412 47 28

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 25

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

CONTACT INFORMATION
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