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PU5013: ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

None.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 10 credits (5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Finlay Dick

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Lectures and tutorials on Hazard identification and risk assessment, Occupational disease, Occupational lung disease, Occupational skin disease, Human factors, Health and work, Exposure assessment, Exposure controls including PPE, Sources of information on hazards, legislation and occupational health issues, Soil pollution, Air pollution, Water pollution, Zoonoses, Risk communication, Emerging Occupational/Environmental health issues. Two practical sessions on the calibration and use of workplace and environmental monitoring equipment. Continuous assessment will be based on an environmental/occupational case study.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1 two hour written examination (60%); continuous assessment (40%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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