Occupational Risk Assessment and Management
Code
9322
Academic unit
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Department
Saúde Pública e Comunidade
Credits
4.0
Teacher in charge
António Neves Pires de Sousa Uva
Total hours
28
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The students should be able to:
a) Identify the key concepts of Risk Assessment and Management in Occupational Health;
b) Know to analyze work in its complexity of the interrelationships and interdependencies of the elements that make each work situation;
c) To apply methods of identification and assessment of risk factors in order to estimate the probability of adverse health effects;
d) Participate in the implementation of management measures (or control) of risk in Occupational Health and Dsafety;
e) Identify the importance in occupational risk assessement.
Prerequisites
- Bachelor of Medicine.
- Fluent English reading.
Subject matter
1. Essential concepts of risk assessment. Dose-effect relationships and dose-response.
2. The classification of risks according to severity and probability of adverse effects;
3. Diagnosis of risk situations: the identification of occupational hazards. Concept of threshold. The threshold limits values. The assessment of exposures. Acceptability, tolerability and intolerability of risk;
4. Risk management: the main instruments. The planning, organization and implementation of occupational hazards plans and prevention programs; Methodologies of risk management. Occupational Heakth and Safety Audits.
Bibliography
- KOW, D.; AW, T-C – Surveillance in Occupational Health. Occup. Environ. Med. 60 (2003) 705-710.
- NICOLL, P.G. – Auditing risk assessment and management. In SADHRA, S.S. ; RAMPAL, K. – Occupational Health. Risk Assessment and Management. London: Blackwell Science Ltd., 1999, 315-343.
- RAMPAL, K.G.; SADHRA, S.S. – Basic concepts and developments in health risk assessment and management. In SADHRA, S.S.; RAMPAL, K. – Occupational Health. Risk Assessment and Management. London: Blackwell Science Ltd., 1999, 3-21.
- STAYNER, L.S.; HORNUNG, R. – Assessing the risks of occupational hazards. In ZENZ; C.; DICKERSON, O. B.; HORVATH JR., E. P. - Occupational Medicine. St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book, 3rd ed., 1994. 1145-1148.
- UVA, A.S. – Diagnóstico e Gestão do Risco em Saúde Ocupacional. 2ª ed. Lisboa: ACT, 2010.
Teaching method
theoretical sessions and theoretical-practical sessions.
Evaluation method
Individual proof (short answer) contributes with 60%, group ork with 20% and the continuous evaluation with 20%.