Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Environmental and Public Health
Course Code
RSV_008
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Public and environmental health
ECTS
8.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Anita Brila
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Public health doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Violeta Mavčutko
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About Study Course
Objective
To obtain knowledge about types of residential, public buildings and healthcare institutions, hygiene of medical treatment institutions and risk factors related thereto; hygiene of social and public service institutions and risk factors related thereto; improvement of residential areas and basic principles of planning. To obtain knowledge about assessment principles of environmental risk factors, planning prevention measures of the impact of environmental risk factors on the living conditions and health of people; hygienic expertise.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.During acquisition of the study course a medical resident obtains knowledge about the types of residential, public buildings and healthcare institutions, hygiene of medical treatment institutions and risk factors related thereto; hygiene of social and public service institutions and risk factors related thereto; improvement and basic planning principles of populated areas.
Skills
1.As a result of acquisition of the study course a medical resident will be able to assess environmental risk factors, plan prevention measures (recommendations) of the impact of environmental risk factors on living conditions and health of people, perform hygiene examination
Competences
1.As a result of successful acquisition of the study course a medical resident will develop compulsory competence of a certified public health physician which will allow to assess environmental risk factors individually, plan prevention measures (recommendations) of the impact of environmental risk factors on the living conditions and health of people, make a hygiene examination.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
8.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
6
Length (weeks):
6
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
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Rothman, K.J., Greenland, S., Lash, T.L. Modern Epidemiology. 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
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Dundurs J. Methodic Directions for Practical Works in Occupational Health. RSU, Rīga, 2011.
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Eglīte M., Aulika B., Avota M., Bāķe M.Ā., Dundurs J., Jekabsone I., Spudža D., Vanadziņš I. Vides veselība. Rīga, Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes, 2008.
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Klimats un ilgtspējīga attīstība. Kļaviņš M., Zaļoksnis J., Rīga: LU Akadēmiskaisapgāds, 2016, 384 lpp.
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Annette Prüss-Üstün, J. Wolf, C. Corvalán, R. Bos and M. Neira. Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks. World Health Organization, 2016, 147 p.
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Science for Environmemtal Policy Future brief: What are the health costs of environmental pollution? European Commission, 2018, 57 p
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Environmental Health. Intechopen. Edited by Takemi Otsuki, 2021, 256 p.
Additional Reading
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Environment and human health. Joint EEA-JRC report. European Environment Agency, 2013, 107 p.
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WHO global air quality guidelines. World Health Organization, 2021, 273 p.
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Baltiņš M. Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Rīga: „Zinātne”, 2003
