Seminars on Road Safety

Code:

MESHO201

Acronym:

SSV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MESHO	15	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08	1	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Introduction of the concept of road security  and development of students' skills to identify risk factors in general and in specific cases, and improve its ability to define and propose measures and solutions that reduce the risk of road accidents. Identify key risk factors and study, analyze and propose solutions. Identify situations and perform risk analysis on the ground. Analyze prevention measures, including education and training for road safety and defensive driving.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that in this discipline  students acquire a greater sensitivity for the Road accident prevention. This course will warn some successful measures to prevent accidents as well as instruct students for detecting situations potentiate the risk of accidents.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n.a.

Program

Mandatory literature

Lawrence S. Nordhoff; Motor vehicule collision injuries. ISBN: 0-7637-3335-0
ed. by Alan M. Nahum, John W. Melvin; Accidental injury. ISBN: 978-0-387-98820-7
Ronald L. Huston; Principles of biomechanics. ISBN: 978-0-8493-3494-8
Kai-Uwe Schmitt...[et al.]; Trauma biomechanics. ISBN: 978-3-540-73872-5
ed, by Donald R. Peterson. Joseph D. Bronzíno; Biomechanics. ISBN: 0-8493-8534-2
Duane Knudson; Fundamentals of biomechanics. ISBN: 978-0-387-49311-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	2,00
Estudo autónomo	100,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Trabalho escrito
Total:	154,00

Eligibility for exams

Terms of frequency: Minimum attendance  requirement of 75% to students holding a OHS Certificate (CAP – SHT) and minimum attendance of 90% to students without a OHS Certificate (CAP – SHT).

Calculation formula of final grade

Group work, presentation and discussion: 50%

The work group may be:
a) field work, analysis of cases, or signaling problems
b) study of subjects about Road Safety
c) study and analysis of scientific articles or textbooks, books or book chapters.

Exam: 50%

Work group 50% + Exam 50%=Final mark

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FEUP regulations.

Classification improvement

By exam or new work group.

Observations