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Advanced Studies in Occupational Safety

Code: DEMSSO012     Acronym: EASO

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Safety Technology

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S Ícone do Moodle

Active? Yes
Responsible unit: Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible: Doctoral Program in Occupational Safety and Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym No. of Students Study Plan Curricular Years Credits UCN Credits ECTS Contact hours Total Time
DEMSSO 19 Syllabus since 2009/10 1 - 12 40 324

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The overall goal this curricular unit presents to each student is to:

Develop the set of methodological skills that will enable them to identify a topic within their field of study in the area of Occupational Safety, and simultaneously define the specific objectives of research.

The specific objectives of the curricular unit are:


  • To acquire advanced Occupational Safety knowledge in the specific area of the student's research;

  • To implement a critical and reflective stance on the information available;

  • To develop the ability to identify, evaluate and formulate problems in the area of Occupational Safety.

Learning outcomes and competences

This curricular unit addresses different issues of Occupational Health, seeking to provide students with an integrated approach to those issues, in a simultaneously systemic and holistic perspective. This approach is achieved by focusing the development of the students’ knowledge in the topics specific to their research area.

The tutorial guidance of the student together with the global coordination of the curricular unit enables the particular objectives of this curricular unit to be articulated with the objectives of the thesis to be developed by the student. This makes it possible to integrate knowledge in the area of Occupational Health in the Thesis Project under preparation by the student and also in the subject of the future Thesis. The theoretical component taught by the curricular unit coordinators informs and guarantees the quality of the tutorial guidance within the curricular unit quality standards.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Advanced concepts of Occupational Safety; Cause of occupational accidents; Work accident statistics;

Statistical monitoring of accidents; Individual and collective protection; Fire prevention and protection; Electrical hazards; Machinery protection; Main types of equipment; Classification of risks; Electrical protection and mechanical protection; Transport and mechanical handling of loads.

Definition of the specific quality criteria for publications in the Occupational Safety area.

Under the guidance of the curricular unit Coordinator and a supervisor of their choice, each student should obtain, select and read scientific articles on the curricular unit topics related to the research topic of their thesis.

Mandatory literature

Jeffrey S. Oakley; Accident Investigation Techniques, Ed american society of safety engineers, 2012
Tomasz Nowakowski, Marek Młyńczak, Anna Jodejko-Pietruczuk, Sylwia Werbińska-Wojciechowska; Safety and Reliability: Methodology and Applications, CRC Press, 2014

Comments from the literature

Suitable to the theme being developed by the student.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The starting point for the student is a general work plan laid out together with the supervisor, oriented towards the thesis project. Here, that plan is articulated with the programme and objectives of this curricular unit.

At the end, students must submit a report in paper form to be publicly presented and discussed before a jury.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico 100,00
Total: 100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico 2,00
Elaboração de projeto 50,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese 40,00
Trabalho de investigação 232,00
Total: 324,00

Eligibility for exams

The student should draw a global picture of the scientific production on the subject analyzed, in the form of oral communication, in which he will take stock of the evolution of the work accomplished.

 

Search Results:



  • To present a Protocol according to PRISMA P.



  • Present the results in the form of a scientific paper for publication, if it meets the criteria defined by the UC teaching team.



  • Present an oral communication with the results of the systematic review work.


Calculation formula of final grade

Classification criteria in the discipline:



  • Publishing article with minor changes - Classification equal to or greater than 18 values ​​(implies presentation of the revision protocol);



  • Publishable article if subject to subsequent reformulation - Classification equal to or less than 17 values;



  • Non-publishable article - Classification equal to or less than 14 values.


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