Occupational Risk Assessment and Management
Objectives
The students should be able to:
-Identify the key concepts of Occupational Risk Assessment and Management;
-Know to analyze work in its complexity of the interrelationships and interdependencies of the elements that make each work situation;
-To apply methods of identification and assessment of risk factors in order to estimate the probability of adverse health effects;
-Participate in the implementation of management measures (or control) of risk in Occupational Health and Safety;
-Identify the importance in occupational risk assessment.
General characterization
Code
9322
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
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Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 112
Teaching language
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Prerequisites
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Bibliography
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.
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.
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.
UVA, A.S. ¿ Diagnóstico e Gestão do Risco em Saúde Ocupacional. 2ª ed. Lisboa: ACT, 2010.
Teaching method
Theoretical sessions, theoretical-practical sessions and seminars.
Evaluation: Individual evaluation (short answer)
Evaluation method
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Subject matter
At the end of the curricuar unit, students shoul know:1.Essential concepts of risk assessment. Dose-effect relationships and dose-response.2.Severity and probability of the adverse effecs.3. Identify the professional hazards; Threshold concept; exposure assessment and exposure limits; tolerability/aceptability of the risk.4. Risk management.