Health and Safety at Work

Scholar Year: 2018/2019

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Jorge Alexandre de Oliveira Maia Head

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL TC S E EL OT TPL O OT/PL Type of classes 2 Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical Totals 1 2,00 Jorge Maia   2,00

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

• Identify the legal obligations relating to health and safety at work.
• Identify and adopt safe behaviours.
• To identify the risk factors associated with the onset of injuries related to work;
• Adopt a correct body posture.

Syllabus

1. Security fundamentals at work.
2. Legal framework of health and safety at work.
3. Physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, psychosocial and accidents.
4. Contributions of ergonomic analysis in the prevention of occupational accidents.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The integrated and progressive approach to the curricular unit program will enable students to develop the
knowledge, skills and competences set out the objectives, ensuring consistency between the syllabus.
This UC makes it a legal framework for safety at work, the risks present in the workplace so that future
health professionals to adopt safe behaviors and avoid the appearance of injuries related to work, and
adopts a correct body posture, after realizing the contributions of ergonomic analysis.

Teaching methodologies

Expositive, demonstrative, participative and problem solving. The unit can be effected by: (a) continuous
evaluation, ongoing at the school and that results in the exemption examination period, if the final grade is
equal to or higher than 10, and assuming the formative and summative dimensions; (b) exam, which takes
the summative dimension. The assessment is made by two written tests of theoretical- contents, each one
accounting for 50% and with 9,5 values of minimal classification.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The development of the classes held by harmonizing the teaching methodologies with the fundamental
objectives of the curricular unit. This will be a course of exhibition and demonstration but also of reflection
and application, where students will learn not only the whole of the syllabus but also promote critical and
reflective spirit on the information conveyed.
The provision of information and scientific knowledge provided the goals will be developed at the
beginning of each issue to address, in lectures, which will be established in relation to other matters
already addressed in previous classes, other courses or even individual knowledge and past experiences.
In these sessions you want It will develop the skills of students and make them aware of the importance of
the issues addressed in the real and current context, contributing to a better environment and greater ease
in perception of the goals to be achieved.
Given the matters to traverse present a practical variant, the classes will be presented and proposed
various exercises and individual cases arising from work in clinical and research developed. Students will
learn to make conscious, reflecting and making decisions on the issues and proposed alternatives,
improving their skills in the topics under review. We will try to stimulate a dialogue in which everyone
participates, through their own experience and knowledge. So share shall be knowledge, doubts and
questions in order to benefit student learning and encourage greater motivation thereof. Find It will
essentially ensure capacity building of "apply in different contexts" the knowledge acquired under the
influence of different factors and variables.
It will be encouraged to carry out individual research or group as an important contribution to achieving
the objectives set for the curricular unit.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

The classification of all assessment instruments is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20, and the weighted value
of the marks obtained must be equal or greater than 10. The exam consists in a written test, in which the
approval will require a rating equal to or higher than 10.

Bibliografia

Channing, J. (2007). Safety at Work. (7th ed.). Routledge.
Grandjean, E. (2004). Manual de Ergonomia: adaptando o trabalho ao homem. Porto Alegre: Artes Médicas.
Lida, I. (1995). Ergonomia – Projecto e Produção. S. Paulo: Editora Edgard Blucher Ltda.
Rebelo, F. (2004). Ergonomia no dia-a-dia. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.