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| Code | HAS507 |
| Name | Occupational Health |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall and Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
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| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
At the end of the lesson, students will have knowledge about working conditions and health problems and solutions.
Course Content
History of occupational health, concepts, application principles, hazard and risk concepts, occupational diseases, work-related diseases, occupational accidents
Course Precondition
Entrance-Admission Requirements for Master's Degree Programme in Public Health
Resources
Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler (Tanır F, Demirhindi H. Eds) Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara, 2020
Notes
Digital resources (OSHA, EU-OSHA, ILO, NAOSH, WHO, ÇSGB web sites)
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | To be able to explain the concept of occupational health and safety - OHS, its history and legal basis |
| LO02 | To be able to explain the relationship between occupational health and human health |
| LO03 | To be able to define the principles of occupational health practice |
| LO04 | To be able to explain the concepts of hazard and risk, evaluation and protection |
| LO05 | To be able to list the definition and characteristics of occupational disease |
| LO06 | To be able to explain the ways of protection from occupational diseases |
| LO07 | To be able to explain work-related diseases |
| LO08 | To be able to explain work accidents, causes and prevention methods |
| LO09 | To be able to explain the place of ergonomics, absenteeism and nutrition in occupational health |
| LO10 | To be able to explain the roles of workplace health unit and OHS professionals |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knows the basic concepts of public health, counts the principles of counselling and training in public health issues | 3 |
| PLO02 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Measures and evaluates the level of health in the world and in Turkey in line with epidemiological principles, conducts research, analyses and evaluates, prepares and presents reports and articles | 3 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knows the principles of management of resources such as health manpower and financing | 4 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knows occupational health and safety and occupational diseases, lists tasks at the 1st step level in this regard | 5 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knows and evaluates the principles of child and adolescent health and defines the tasks in the first level health care | 2 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Knows infectious diseases and zoonotic diseases and related tasks, plans immunisation services in the first level health care | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Plans tasks related to women, reproductive health and family planning | 2 |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Lists the system in the first level health care to chronic diseases and elderly health | 2 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Carries out tasks related to environmental health, laboratory services | 2 |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Knows community nutrition and nutritional diseases |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occupational health and safety concept and its history | Literature review - Homework | |
| 2 | Occupational health and human health relationship | Literature review - Homework | |
| 3 | Occupational health practice principles | Literature review - Homework | |
| 4 | Hazard and risk concepts | Literature review - Homework | |
| 5 | Occupational disease definition, features and causes | Literature review - Homework | |
| 6 | Protection from occupational diseases | Literature review - Homework | |
| 7 | Work-related diseases | Literature review - Homework | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparation for exam | |
| 9 | Causes of work accidents and prevention methods | Literature review - Homework | |
| 10 | Ergonomics | Literature review - Homework | |
| 11 | Absenteeism and the place of nutrition in occupational health | Literature review - Homework | |
| 12 | The function and members of the OHS Board | Literature review - Homework | |
| 13 | Features and duties of the workplace health unit | Literature review - Homework | |
| 14 | Duties and responsibilities of OHS professionals | Literature review - Homework | |
| 15 | OHS developments and standards | Literature review - Homework | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Preparation for exam | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Preparation for exam |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 148 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 5,92 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||