SESC9630 — Occupational Medicine

COURSE COORDINATION

Coordinator :	Dr Kelvin Wooller [Bio]
Contact Details :	Tel : (+612)93856099   •   Fax : (+612)93856190   •   Email : k.wooller@unsw.edu.au

DELIVERY DETAILS		[ Current Schedules and Locations ]

Mode	Session	Type
On campus workshop (shortcourse)	S1	Short Course

Day :

25-26 June 2009

NOTICES AND WARNINGS
RECOGNITION :	The WorkCover Authority of New South Wales will recognise medical practitioners who have successfully completed this course and passed its assessment as eligible for authorisation by WorkCover NSW to perfom health surveillance for the purposes of the NSW Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001.

COURSE DETAILS
Units of Credit :	3
Assumed Knowledge :	-
Description :	This course deals with the role of the occupational physician in practice and research. This includes health promotion, health screening, medical surveillance and biological monitoring. Note: Students who are not medical practitioners must have passed ANAT6151 or an equivalent anatomy course.
Objectives :	At the conclusion of this course, the participant should be able to: Define biological monitoring and its relationship to environmental monitoring Identify sources of occupational exposure standards and guidelines for biological monitoring Understand the dose/response concept Understand the principles for identifying suitable tests and interpreting them Appreciate the practical aspects of specimen collection Diagnose and manage occupational asthma and the major dust-related diseases Manage acute low back pain and other major joint pain Outline the basic principles of noise control and be able monitor for noise-induced hearing loss Provide advice to both workers and management on the results of occupational health surveillance
Reading :	Greenberg MJ. Editor in- Chief. Occupational, industrial, and environmental toxicology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Mosby 2003. Ladou J Ed. Current Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 4th ed. New York: McGraw Hill 2007. Levy BS, Wegman DH. Eds. Occupational health: recognizing and preventing work-related disease and injury. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2000. McCunney RJ. Editor in- Chief. A practical approach to occupational and environmental medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2003. Rom RN. Ed. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincot Williams & Wilkins 2007.

ASSESSMENT
Details Due Date Weight Three essays (academic mode only) 100%

COURSE SCHEDULE
Unit 1 :	Information Resources
Unit 2 :	Principles of Occupational Health Surveillance
Unit 3 :	Health Surveillance in Industry
Unit 4 :	Special Issues in Occupational Health Surveillance
Unit 5 :	Practical Pitfalls in Occupational Health Surveillance
Unit 6 :	Occupational Respiratory Diseases
Unit 7 :	Noise and Audiometry
Unit 8 :	Management of Musculoskeletal Diseases

LEARNING RESOURCES
The University of New South Wales provides a range of resources to help students develop their skills and to realise their full potential. The Learning Centre, located at the entrance to the Library provides guidance material, which is also available on-line.
	The University also provides academic orientation programs called MyStart and ReStart for both new and returning students to help them in their transitions into academia..