Duration
25h SEM
Number of credits
| Advanced Master in Occupational Medicine | 7 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Each teacher is giving two half days seminars to present specialized risk assessment methods for biomechanical risks, work accidents and psychosocial factors.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
General
- to train the occupational health physician in its legal role as prevention advisor in charge of evaluating risks at the workplace
Specifically:
-to teach particular methodologies for risk-assessment in the area of the physical workplace, the efforts, postures and biomechanical constraints involved in the workplace and in the area of stress and human reliability;
-to place the student in a problem-resolution situation by inviting him or her to apply these methodologies to a real work situation;
-to encourage the student to develop an aptitude for presenting work and communicating.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The part of the course covered by V. Colson will focus on the ex-cathedra courses concerning the industrial environment and risk analysis. A group exercise will then take place aiming to logically study the causes and origins of incidents or even accidents encountered by the participants in their workplace. Each group will compile a report which will constitute a general assessment of the course relative to the group members.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
face-to-face + distance learning within the psychosocial module
Recommended or required readings
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam AND written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
The student is required to choose a work situation in a professional environment which he or she is going to study in an in-depth way in order to assess the risks for health, safety and well-being at work by means of one or several methodologies.
The student will present the results of his or her analysis to the other students and lecturers during a final seminar organized at the end of the year.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Dorina RUSU
Dépt. des Sciences de la Santé publique, Médecine du Travail et Environnementale
Université de Liège - Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 13 - Bât 23
4000 Liège - Belgique
Tél :04/366 25 00 , GSM : +32 (0)470/10 57 66
Secretary:
Mrs C. ESCHWEILER
Phone: 04 366 25 03 - fax: 04 366 28 89
Email: stes@ulg.ac.be
Vincent COLSON
E-mail: v.colson@ulg.ac.be