Occupational diseases
Course: Medicine (the Ukrainian language of instruction)
Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Title
Occupational diseases
Code
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2025/2026
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
11 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
To identify and identify the leading clinical symptoms and syndromes (according to list 1); according to standard methods, using the patient's previous history,
the patient's examination data, knowledge about the person, his organs and systems, to establish the most probable
nosological or syndromic preliminary clinical diagnosis of the disease (according to list 2).
To prescribe and analyze additional (mandatory and optional) examination methods
(laboratory, radiological, functional and/or instrumental ) according to list 4,
patients with diseases of organs and body systems for differential diagnosis
of diseases (according to list 2).
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Ability to independently apply knowledge of microbiology, virology and immunology,
hygiene and ecology, clinical biochemistry, pathomorphology, pathophysiology, propaedeutics of
internal medicine, propaedeutics of pediatrics, internal medicine including
endocrinology, medical genetics, clinical pharmacology, clinical immunology and
allergology, occupational diseases, pediatrics with pediatric infectious diseases,
surgery including pediatric surgery, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, etc.
disciplines to solve specific scientific and practical problems; work with scientific
and scientific and methodological literature.
Possession of elementary skills of systems analysis.
Course content
The discipline "Occupational Diseases" covers general issues of occupational pathology,
including the definition of the concept, subject and tasks, the organization of occupational pathology
service and analysis of the structure of occupational morbidity in Ukraine. The stages of
development of occupational pathology, the contribution of Ukrainian and international scientists, the features of
clinical examination of patients with suspected occupational diseases, the importance of
analysis of work activities and sanitary and hygienic characteristics of working conditions are studied.
Also
are considered the issues of classification, accounting, registration and investigation of cases of
occupational diseases, the main methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention, as well as
the principles of medical ethics and deontology in occupational pathology.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Main: (Basic)
1. Vizir, V.A. (2017). Occupational diseases. Kyiv: Medical Literature Publishing House, 456
pp.
2. Voronenko, Y.V., Shekera, O.G., Khimion, L.V. et al. (2018). Current issues of internal
diseases in the practice of a family doctor. Kyiv: Zaslavsky Publishing House, 600 p.
3. Kornilov, V.M., Nikolaev, V.M. (2016). Occupational diseases. Kharkiv: Professional Publishing House,
382 p.
4. Lavrykova, Y.P., Mishenko, M.M. (2015). Occupational hygiene. Odesa: Scientific Publishing House, 410 p.
5. Mazur, V.M., Levchenko, O.V. (2016). Guidelines for the prevention of occupational diseases.
Kharkiv: Professional Publishing House, 278 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assessment of practical work; intermediate module control; assessment of
practical work;
assessment of presentation/report; exam
Assessment methods and criteria
- semester assessment:
1. Intermediate control – RN 1.1–1.5, 2.2–2.7 – 10 points / 5 points
2. Presentations / reports – RN 1.1–1.5, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5–2.7, 3.1, 4.1 – 10 points / 5 points
3. Oral answers / additions – RN 1.1–1.5, 2.3, 3.1 – 10 points / 5 points
4. Assessment of practical classes – RN 1.5, 2.1–2.7 – 30 points / 15 points.
- semester assessment (semester control): in the form of an exam
Language of instruction
ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Iryna
Oleksandrivna
Rodionova
Department of Internal Medicine
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Yaroslav
Omelianovych
Karmazin
Department of Internal Medicine
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Internal Medicine
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center