COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RISKS AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 6074 RISKS AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Occupational Health

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN ALPARSLAN ERGÖR

Offered to

Public Health
Pediatric Nursing
Audiology
Occupational Health
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Medical Education
Laboratory Animal Science
Histology and Embryology
Anatomy
Internal Medicine Nursing
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Basic Oncology
Toxicology
Exercise Physiology
Public Health
Biochemistry
Surgical Nursing
Biomechanics
Biophysics
Medical Biology and Genetics
Physiology
Medical Physics
Fundamentals of Nursing
Medical Parasitology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Basic Neuroscience
Nursing Management
Molecular Medicine

Course Objective

To understand risk concept in occupational health and risk assessment procedures

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the risk concept in occupational health framework
2   Knowledge about applicability of risk assessment in the occupational health practice
3   Evaluation of Risks in Health
4   Knowledge about general risk assessment procedures
5   Knowledge about ethical and legal aspects in risk assessment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of risk, Risk criteria, historical development of risk concept
2 Risk assessment procedures
3 Physical risks: Noise and vibration
4 Chemical risks
5 Biological risks
6 Ergonomic risks
7 Psychosocial risks
8 Heat and cold stress
9 Occupational accidents and injuries
10 Seminars
11 Electrical safety
12 Fire safety
13 Case studies
14 Case studies
15 Risk control

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): OSH for Development. Ed. Elgstrand K, Petersson NF

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Case studies, seminars

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yucel.demiral@deu.edu.tr
tel. 4124019

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Tutorials 6 1 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing assignments 6 2 12
Preparing presentations 10 2 20
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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