Syllabus
Epidemiology
Infectious and noninfectious disease
Changes of distribution of infectious diseases during 20. century, trends of the disease, primary prevention of infectious diseases. Epidemiology and its role in clinical practice.
Mode of transmission and types of distribution of communicable diseases
Basic conditions of transmission - agent, reservoir, transmission, susceptible person
Epidemiological investigation in foci of infections. Preventive and repressive measures.
Hygiene
Definition of subject, procedures for assessing the impact of working and living environment on health and hygiene requirements for health facilities, occupational health hazards, radiation protection.
Occupational medicine
Health risk at work. Occupational psychology and hygiene.
Radiation protection of workers and patients at application of ionising radiation in medicine
Annotation
The subject is taught in bachelors study programme Specialisation in Health Care, subject (Public Health Care) (General nurse) in the 1st year of study. Students will be thought to be familiar with communicable as well as non-communicable diseases with the stress on mode of transmission of the infectious diseases and understanding of epidemiological relationships. The course hygiene deals with effects of living and working conditions on health.
Occupational medicine - Ionizing radiation, physical, chemical, biological and psychological factors affecting health at work and wellbeing and preventing adverse effects. The occupational basic legislation.