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Occupational Health and Health Promotion

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: STHA1103
Curriculum: TH AVOINTH2
Level: Bachelor of Public Health
Year of Study: 1 (2023-2024)
Semester: Spring
Credits: 4 cr
Responsible Teacher: Puska, Anne
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2023-2024

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)Language
3003AVOINTH2023-12024-01-01 – 2024-05-31Anne PuskaFinnish

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Learning Outcomes

Student:
Understands the meaning of healthy and safe work, as a part of a good life.
Knows the essential legislations and regulations concerning occupational healthcare.
Understands the basics of good occupational healthcare.
Knows the basics of compensation system.
Understands the effect of physical, biological and chemical substances to health.
Knows how to prevent physical and mental stress in different industries.
Knows how to plan and do workplace visits and healthcare inspections in different working enviroments and evaluate different proceeding methods.
Knows how to give information, advice and guidance.
Understands the meaning of monitoring in: the need to rehabilitate, guidance to rehabilitation and coping after rehabilitation at work.
Understands the meaning of writing a person sick in occupational health care.
Knows how to work in multiprofessional working enviroments to manage personnels ability to work, work performance and and work safety.
Manages the essential working skills of a public health nurse in occupational health care.

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course: 107 h
- of which scheduled studies: 52 h
- of which autonomous studies: 55 h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Hoitotyön ammattiopinnot

Contents

Occupational health care service system andlegislation.
Good occupational health care practise.
Occupational health care agreement.
Occupational health care working plan and work place visit.
Special features of different work place visits and health care inspections in different industries.
Occupational health care emphasized nursing and instructions to write a person as sick.
Multiprofessional cooperation.
Exposes and risk evaluation. Professional diseases and work related illness.
Occupational accident.
Ability to work and rehabilitive action.
Statements and reports of occupational health care.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, the medical doctor's lectures, exercises,supervised exercises

Assessment Criteria

The Stundet:

Grade 5
- can evaluate independently and with a client-oriented approach the relationship between work and health and can guide the client in preventing different health risks
- is able to identify work-related diseases and can refer the client to care when necessary
- is able to evaluate the employee´s exposure to risk factors and substances and accidents
- is able to work in a multiprofessional team and make development suggestions
- is able to evaluate and develop his/her own way of working

Grade 3
- can evaluate the relationship between work and health and can guide the client
- is able to prevent work-related diseases and general health risks and refers the client to care
- is able to identify the employee´s exposure to risk factors and substances and accidents
- is able to work in multiprofessional teams
- is able to apply to guidance and knowledge in his/her own work

Grade 1
- can identify the relationship between work and health and can guide the client
- is able to describe work-related diseases and can refer the client to care
- is able to describe the employee´s exposure to risk factors and substances and accidents
- understands the meaning of the work community
- understands the meaning of continuous guidance in her/his future work

Assessment Methods

Written examination 0-5, active participation in the classes


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