Jan 24 - Occupational Toxicology
Ended 30 Dec 2023
4 credits
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Full course description
Description
To provide basic concepts of occupational toxicology and application to assessment exposures, estimates of the risk of disease, establishment of appropriate limits of exposures, health surveillance and understanding and prevention of mortality and morbidity resulting from occupational exposure to toxic substances as well as develop an appropriate intervention to minimise risk
Instructors
Dr Nik Tuah
Format
Online forums will be used to support the scaffolding of knowledge, understanding, and abilities. The teaching style will include video conferencing, discussion forums, and activity-based learning techniques. The focus of the teaching style will be determined through learning diagnostics, undertaken by students, which will identify learning styles needs. A cooperative learning framework is used as a means of supporting equity for both teaching and learning styles.
Video Overview
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What you get
- Introduction to Toxicology
- Toxicants; dose and dose-response; threshold dose; latency; limits of exposure
- Routes of exposure
- - Classification of toxicants and health effects
- - Heavy metals
- - Inorganic & Organic Particles
- - Solvents and Vapours
- - Radiation and Radioactive materials
- - Dioxins
- - Pesticides
- - Plant and Animal toxins
- - Acute and chronic effects of toxicants on human health
- - Workplace drug and alcohol testing
- - Chemical health risk assesment
- - Application of toxicology for health surveillance in workplace
- - Design an appropriate intervention to minimise risk
- Assessment Formative assessment Weekly d