Program Overview

Module - Health Surveillance and Toxicology

This module aims to give you the detailed knowledge of the requirements for health surveillance and systematic critical understanding of the practice of health surveillance in the workplace, including the limitations of screening processes in the detection of occupational disease. The module will give you an understanding of toxicology applied to your workplace. You will gain a critical overview of how the human body is systemically affected by toxic substances and how these effects can be avoided or minimised by risk assessment, environmental monitoring and occupational hygiene, personal monitoring and health surveillance.

The module will introduce you to the different legal requirements for providing health surveillance in the workplace and the different methods of surveillance in relation to a variety of occupational exposures. Potential routes of exposure, such as respiratory, dermal and ingestion will be considered. This module will cover toxicological exposure, and how it affects specific human physiological systems. You will be introduced to the concepts of risk assessment and the role of occupational health where there are employees and others working with toxic substances.

Objectives

By the end of this module you will:

• Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and systematic critical understanding of the legal requirements for conducting health surveillance in the workplace.
• Critically explain the appropriateness of a particular form of health surveillance, in relation to a specific occupational exposure, emphasising the quality assurance systems and processes used for this type of surveillance.
• Critically evaluate the effects of a given toxicological substance on the human body.
• Critically analyse how learning from this module has transformed your understanding of your practice.

What you will learn

You will learn about health surveillance in the workplace, legal requirements and risk assessment. It will give an introduction to toxicology and allow shared learning with other OH practitioners, so that a broad understanding of health surveillance in multiple settings is contextualised.

Teaching & Assessment

How you will learn

Online teaching and learning activities, synchronous online workshops, discussion boards, formative presentations, and module leader feedback. Significant independent reading and study will be required to prepare for the summative assignment.

How you will be assessed

Summative assessment is by a 2,500 word assignment. Participation in the formative components of the module is required to pass the module.

Entry Requirements

Prior successful study at the underpinning level; must be employed in occupational health setting.

Fees and Funding

20 Credit Health Module Pricing

Tuition Fees Policy

Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

Key Details

Tuition fees

20 Credit Health Module Pricing

Minimum entry requirements

Prior successful study at the underpinning level; must be employed in occupational health setting.

• Credits: 20
• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Online
• Institute: Institute of Health
• Delivery Style: Online with synchronous online workshops
• Course Duration: To be confirmed
• Course Start Point: January
• Award: Module