COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SHS 1046 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Vocational School of Healthcare

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR TUĞBA GÜLTEKIN

Offered to

Medical Laboratory Techniques
Oral and Dental Clinical
Anesthesia
Medical Documentation and Secretariat
Medical Imaging Techniques
Audiometry
Nuclear Medicine Techniques
First And Emergency Aid
Vocational School of Healthcare
Radioterapy

Course Objective

Students understand tha 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 factor.
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 4.1. Biological risks 4.2. Chemical risks 4.3. Physical risks 4.4. Psycho-social risks 4.5. Environmental risks
5 Risk assessment, risk management and risk communication
6 Work accidents 6.1.Case discussion
7 Occupational deseases 7.1.Chemical-induced occupational deseases 7.2. Physical-induced occupational deseases 7.3. Biological-induced occupational deseases 7.4. Occupational skin disorder 7.5. Occupational chest deseases
8 The basic protection measures 8.1.The use personal protective equipment
9 Occupational health and safety legislation 9.1.Occupational health and safety law 9.2.Health worker rights, responsibilies and related regulations.
10 Riviews on virtual samples
11 Case discussion
12 Overall assessment and feedback

Recomended or Required Reading

The Main Sources:
1. Bilir N. Yıldız A. N. ( 2013). Occupational Health and Safety Book, Hacettepe Üniversty Publication, 2 th Edition. Anlkara.

Subsidiary Sources:
1. Devebakan N. (2009). Health Workers Occupational Health and Safety Health Book, Health Worker' Union in Türkiye, Ankara.
2. Öztürk Y. Güler Ç. (2009). Public Health Basics Book, Hacettepe Üniversty Publication, Ankara.
3. Akın L. Güler Ç. (2006). Public Health Basics Book, Hacettepe Üniversty Publication, Ankara
4. Ministry of Labour and Social Security Occupational Health and Safety Project ( OHSP). Occupational Diseases and Work-related Diseaes Diagnosis Guidebook. Ankara. 2011.
5. 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 virtural workplace.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS ArasınavTeo
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE AS * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) AS * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


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
e-mail: 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 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 6 6
0
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 2 1 2
Final assigment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 43

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.5
LO.6

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