Occupational mental health; mental illness and employment; psychological assessment; alcohol and other drugs; shift work and fatigue; occupational accidents; hazard control and safety; manual handling, ergonomics and occupational overuse injury; thermal stress.
| Paper title | Health, Work and Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Paper code | AVME715 |
| Subject | Aviation Medicine |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | First Semester |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $2,801.50 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $9,869.50 |
- Limited to
- MOccMed, MAvMed, MHealSc, PGCertOccMed, PGDipHealSc, PGDipOccMed
- Learning Outcomes
- The learning outcomes of this paper will coincide with the modules taught; these modules
are
- Occupational Epidemiology
- Occupational Biostatic and Critical Appraisal
- Accidents and Hazard and Work
- Occupational Rehabilitation
- Occupational Mental Health and Sickness Absence
- Ergonomics and Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Heat and Cold
- Occupational Toxicology
- Occupational Health Hazards to Other Systems
- Eligibility
Healthcare professionals currently employed, or interested in work, in the aviation medicine or occupational medicine industry
- Contact
- OAMU@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of Occupational and Aviation Medicine Unit's website
- Teaching staff
- Course Director: Mark Newson-Smith
- Paper Structure
- Core paper for the Master of Aviation Medicine (MAvMed) and Master of Health Sciences endorsed in Occupational Medicine (MHealthSc(OccMed))
- Teaching Arrangements
- This paper is taught in odd years in the first semester. It is a fully distance-taught paper with an optional week-long Professional Visits Programme held at various locations around the world. Where is it this year?
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- 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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