aVLOM08 Occupational Medicine and Occupational Health

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0.8/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Asynchronous teaching
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Jiří Lešovský (lecturer)
MUDr. Petr Malenka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Ondřej Sochor, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Petr Malenka, Ph.D.
Department of Occupational Medicine – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Petr Malenka, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Occupational Medicine – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Thu 21. 5. 15:00–17:30 Virtuální místnost LF/Virtual room LF, Thu 28. 5. 15:00–17:30 Virtuální místnost LF/Virtual room LF
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aVLLP0633c Clinical Introduction III - p || aZLIP061p Clin.Introd.to Int.Med.-lect. || VLLP0633c Clinical Introduction III - practice || ZLIP061p Clin.Introd.to Int.Med.-lect.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
This course explains the impact of work and working conditions on the health of workers, the prevention diagnostics, treatment, and medicolegal aspects of diseases caused or exacerbated by working conditions: occupational diseases, accidents at work, work-related diseases, occupational health services in the Czech Republic, aims and functions of an occupational health service, types of service.
Learning outcomes
tudents will learn about the history of occupational medicine and occupational health. They will find out what the influence of work and working conditions is on the health of workers, what the diagnostics, treatment and medico-legal aspects of diseases caused or aggravated by working conditions are. They will get information about occupational diseases that were not sufficiently discussed in the subject aVLVL7X61c.
Key topics
 History of Occupational Medicine and Occupational Health. - Exogenous allergic alveolitis - Inhalation trauma - Bronchial asthma - Pneumoconiosis - examination standards - Burnout syndrome from the perspective of a student, teacher, employee
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Textbook of clinical occupational and environmental medicine. Edited by Linda Rosenstock. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2005, xviii, 133. ISBN 0721689744. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
on-line lecture and discussion
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
passing the subject
Alternate completion
only on-line
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
These are three afternoons, where the teachers will alternate: me: MUDr.Malenka, then MUDr. Lešovský and MUDr. Sochor

Terms: 07.05.2026, 21.05.2026 and 28.05.2026  15:00 -17:20

The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2025.
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