MTRA2015-1 : Interdisciplinary seminars in risk assessment in the working environment

Study Programmes 2015-2016

MTRA2015-1

Interdisciplinary seminars in risk assessment in the working environment

Duration :

25h SEM

Number of credits :

Specialised master in occupational medicine		7

Lecturer :

Isabelle Hansez, Philippe Mairiaux, Pierre Somville

Coordinator :

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Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course 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 course :

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 Professor J.M. RIGO 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) :

face-to-face + distance learning within the psychosocial module