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| MVET1010 | OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY | 2+0+0 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Short Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of VETERINARY MEDICINE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Onur TOSUN | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Onur TOSUN, Ph.D. | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Students who start training should have basic knowledge and skills about learning occupational health and safety definitions, understanding laws and regulations, risk management, first aid and emergency concepts. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | List the basic principles of occupational health and safety. | 18 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Explains accident prevention regulations in accordance with occupational health and safety legislation. | 18 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Explain physical, chemical and biological risk factors. | 18 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Define the basis and necessity of risk assessment. | 18 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | Take basic precautions to prevent occupational diseases that may occur depending on the job. | 18 | 1, | | LO - 6 : | Recognize and use occupational safety equipment. | 18 | 1, | | LO - 7 : | Knows the first aid rules to be applied in emergency situations. | 18 | 1, | | LO - 8 : | Knows the safe working methods with chemicals. | 18 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety, its purpose, subject, definition and legislation, general rules of occupational health and safety and safety culture, information on labor legislation, legal rights and responsibilities of employees, Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases, causes and prevention of occupational diseases, legal consequences arising from work accidents and occupational diseases, application of disease prevention principles and protection techniques, risk factors (biological and psychosocial risk factors, chemical, physical and ergonomic risk factors), causes of work accidents and application of protection principles and techniques, use of personal protective equipment, safety and health signs, safe use of work equipment, manual lifting and carrying, working with screened tools, examples of ergonomic work in the field of veterinary medicine, electricity, hazards, risks and precautions, fire risk, flash explosion fire and fire protection, first aid, evacuation and rescue, workplace cleaning and order, harms of tobacco products and passive exposure. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety, its purpose, subject, definition, and relevant legislation; general rules of occupational health and safety and the concept of safety culture | | | Week 2 | Information on labor legislation, employees' legal rights and responsibilities; the place of occupational health and safety in laws and regulations | | | Week 3 | Occupational accidents and diseases, causes of occupational diseases | | | Week 4 | Legal consequences arising from occupational accidents and diseases | | | Week 5 | Principles of disease prevention and implementation of protection techniques | | | Week 6 | Biological and psychosocial risk factors | | | Week 7 | Chemical, physical, and ergonomic risk factors | | | Week 8 | Causes of occupational accidents and the implementation of prevention principles and techniques | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Use of personal protective equipment, safety and health signs, safe use of work equipment | | | Week 11 | Ergonomi Manual lifting and carrying, working with display screen equipment, examples of ergonomic practices in the field of veterinary medicine | | | Week 12 | Electricity, its hazards, risks, and preventive measures | | | Week 13 | Fire risk, flammability, explosion, fire, and fire protection | | | Week 14 | First aid, evacuation, and rescue | | | Week 15 | Workplace cleanliness and order, the harms of tobacco products and the effects of passive smoking | | | Week 16 | final examination | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 58 |
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