Occupational Pathology and Toxicology

Code:

MESHO0020

Acronym:

PTT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
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	0	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08	2	-	6	28	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The student must know and identify the main pathologies of the work, as well as the most significant toxicological agents and their consequences.

Learning outcomes and competences

The program contents seek to cover the whole spectrum of pathologies associated with work, as well as toxicological agents and their consequences so that the student, at the end, is able to recognize and make the respective diagnosis.

Learning is developed in two fundamental stages. A first one in which the theoretical concepts and the surroundings of the different pathologies are presented and a second one of knowledge consolidation in which the discussion of practical cases will allow the consolidation of the knowledge previously acquired.

This course will be taught in thematic modules of theoretical nature to the general framing of the scientific areas provided for it, associated to the discussion of practical cases.

It is intended, therefore, to present the most recent knowledge on the pathophysiology, pathophysiology, clinical, prognosis and therapeutic and medical-legal orientation of the main occupational diseases. Subsequently, they are consolidated by the presentation and discussion of clinical cases in a professional context, considering the pedagogical objectives of acquiring, in complementarity, the technical-scientific knowledge and the basic competences for the interpretation of objectifiable clinical data and professional exposures of health risk of the worker.

Working method

Presencial

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

n.a.

Program

PATHOLOGY

1. Historical evolution of scientific and clinical research in Occupational Pathology.
2. Occupational and environmental etiopathogenic mechanisms.
3. Surveillance and protection of worker's health: general principles and professional ethics.
4. Pathology associated with non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation.
5. Pathology associated with vibrations (hand-arm and whole-body vibratory disease), sound vibrations (vibro-acoustic disease) and baropathology.
6. Pathology associated with risk factors and physical hazards: work-related musculoskeletal injuries: upper and lower limbs
7. Pathology associated with risk factors and physical hazards: work-related musculoskeletal injuries: spine
8. Pathology associated with biological risk factors: occupational agents of animal origin.
9. Occupational immuno-allergic and toxic diseases of animal origin.
10. Pathology associated with biological risk factors: exposure to occupational agents of vegetal and fungal origin.
11. Immune-allergic and toxic occupational diseases of vegetable and fungal origin
12. Pathology associated with ionizing radiation.
13. Radiation monitoring and protection.
14. Pathology associated with metals and metal compounds.
15. Occupational diseases associated with exposure to aluminum, arsenic, beryllium, cobalt, cadmium, chromium, nickel, manganese, lead and mercury.
16. Pathology associated with organic solvents.
17. Pathology associated with metallic and metallo-mechanical fluids and fumes.
18. Pathology associated with oils, hydrocarbons and other petroleum derivatives.
19. Pathology associated with nitrogenous and fluorinated organic compounds.
20. Pathology associated with chemical agents of plastics, synthetic textiles and rubber.
21. Pathology associated with toxic-irritating gases, vapors and fumes.
22. Pathology associated with inorganic dusts.
23. Pathology associated with textile fibers and dusts.
24. Injuries, injuries and functional damage due to occupational accidents.
25. Anatomic location, type of injury, severity and repair.
26. Maternal and child health and genetic heritage.

TOXICOLOGY

27. Introduction to Toxicology
28. Toxicity Assessment
29. Risk Assessment
30. Immunotoxicology1
31. Analytical Toxicology
32. Clinical Toxicology
33. Emergency Toxicology
34. Occupational Toxicology
35. Forensic Toxicology
36. Drug Toxicology
37. Environmental Toxicology

Mandatory literature

Keith T. Palmer ; Fitness for Work: The Medical Aspects, Ian Brown. , 2007
Gary Kielhofner ; Model of Human Occupation : Theory and Application, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2007
Kenneth J. Rothman; Timothy L. Lash; Sander Greenland ; Modern Epidemiology, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2012
Barry S. Levy; David H. Wegman; Sherry L. Baron; Rosemary K. Sokas ; Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury., Oxford University Press Inc, 2011
Thomas Rustemeyer; Peter Elsner; Swen Malte John; H. I. Maibach; Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology, 2012
Kerry Gardiner; J. Malcolm Harrington ; Occupational Hygiene, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2005
Peter J. Baxter; Tar-Ching Aw; Anne Cockroft; Paul Durrington; J. Malcolm Harrington ; Hunter's Diseases of Occupations, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1994
Chris Winder, Neill H. Stacey ; Occupational Toxicology, CRC Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780748409181
G Marks, VA DeLeo, P Elsner ; Contact and occupational dermatology, Elsevier Health, 1992
David Snashall, Dipti Patel ; ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , Wiley Blackwell, 2012
Julia Smedley, Finlay Dick, Steven Sadhra ; Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health , Oxford Medical Handbooks, 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposure, using the presentation and discussion of case studies.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	134,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Total:	162,00

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

n.a.

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n.a.

Classification improvement

n.a.