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    Overview

    Mining; nuclear power and other radiation work; agriculture and silviculture; chemical industries; international business; work in extreme environments and hazardous employment; petrochemical industries including oil and gas exploration; office work, general manufacturing and technical trades; environmental health.

    The Diploma and Masters degree are internationally recognised as meeting the academic requirements for higher professional training for specialist registration in occupational medicine.

    About this paper

    Paper title Health and Industry
    Subject Aviation Medicine
    EFTS 0.25
    Points 30 points
    Teaching period Semester 2 (Distance learning)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $3,103.25
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Limited to
    MOccMed, MAvMed, MHealSc, PGDipHealSc, PGDipOccMed
    Eligibility

    Healthcare professionals currently employed, or interested in work, in aviation medicine.

    If you have not already done so, please contact the department for course advice before selecting your programme, oamu@otago.ac.nz

    Contact

    oamu@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Course Director: Dr Rob Griffiths

    Paper Structure
    Additional paper for the Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine (PGDipOccMed). Part of the Master of Aviation Medicine (MAvMed) and Master of Health Sciences endorsed in Occupational Medicine (MHealthSc(OccMed)) programmes.
    Teaching Arrangements

    This is a fully distance-taught paper and is taught in even years in the second semester.

    Textbooks
    Textbooks are not required for this paper.
    Course outline

    This paper takes a different look at occupational health through another lens. Rather than using body systems or hazard taxonomies as topic areas, this paper looks at the occupational health and safety of different types of industry. Quite often the occupational health hazards are not the obvious ones, so that the primary health hazard of working in the nuclear power industry is not exposure to radiation. The paper also addresses occupations that are particularly hazardous or has very specific hazards that require specialist input.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork, global perspective, lifelong learning, scholarship, communication, critical thinking, self-motivation, teamwork.
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    Learning Outcomes
    The learning outcomes of this paper will coincide with the modules taught; these modules are
    • Mining
    • Nuclear Power
    • Agriculture
    • The Chemical Industry
    • International Business
    • Hazardous Occupations
    • The Petrochemical Industry
    • Office Work
    • Environmental Health

    Timetable

    Semester 2

    Location
    Wellington
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught through Distance Learning
    Learning management system
    Moodle
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