Course: Ergonomics

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Course title Ergonomics
Course code KE/ENEK9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Beranová Radka, Mgr. DiS.
Course content
Lecture Topics: 1st consultation: Work hygiene - goals, methods of work, realization in practice; Physical, chemical and biological factors in the work environment, their impact on health and prevention; Health risk assessment, hazardous work, medical preventive examinations; Hygiene of work in individual activities within ergotherapy. Physiology of work; Physical, sensory, mental workload; Ergonomics - goals, working methods, ergonomic programs. Seminar Topics: 1st consultation: Human performance, application of anthropology in ergonomics. Local muscular work load, adaptation to working conditions. Prevention of workload and stress, ergonomics of the workplace. Influence of manipulation with loads on organism. Ergonomics of disabled people. Self-study: Load Handling, Ergonomic Workplace Adjustment Principles; Diseases of DNJZ and their prevention; Intervention programs and workplace health promotion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is conceived as theoretical - practical. Students will be acquainted with the evaluation of working conditions, physical, chemical and biological factors of the working environment of their influence on health, assessment of health risks, categorization of work, with the basics of work physiology and ergonomics, with evaluation of physical and sensory workload and with the principles of measures to protect workers health.
Expertise: Students master the ways of identifying factors of the working environment and their impact on workers 'health, health risk assessment, categorization of work, measures to protect workers' health. Students master the basics of work physiology, assessment of physical, sensory and mental stress at work and the impact on workers' health, principles of job adjustment and adaptation of working conditions to physical and psychological characteristics and employees. Students will know the focus of ergonomics, the principles of correct handling of loads and preventive measures to protect the locomotor system and prevention of diseases from DNJZ and ergonomic principles of adjusting jobs and adapting working conditions to persons with reduced working capacity. Competences: Student is able to practically use the knowledge of ergonomics in individual indication areas of ergotherapy, and is able to make independent and responsible decisions in only partially known contexts based on the framework assignment
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit: 75% of credit test.
Recommended literature
  • GILBERTOVÁ, S. a O. MATOUŠEK. Ergonomie: optimalizace lidské činnosti. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0226-6..
  • CHUNDELA, L. Ergonomie. 1. vyd. Praha, ČVUT, 2001. 171 s. ISBN 80-01-02301-X..
  • KIS, S. et al. Ergonómia. 1.vyd. TU Košice, 1991. 231 str. ISBN - 80-7099-074-0..
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Pracovní lékařství. Díl I. - III. CIVOP Praha, 1995.
  • KRÁL, M. Ergonomie a její užití v technické praxi. 1. vyd. Ostrava: AKS,1994. 109. s. ISBN 80-85798-35..
  • MALÝ, S., KRÁL, M., a E. HANÁKOVÁ. ABC ergonomie. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7431-027-0..
  • TUČEK, M. a kol. Hygiena a epidemiologie pro bakaláře. Praha: UK, Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2136-4..
  • ZEMANOVÁ, P., a Z., RUČKOVÁ, 2001. Jak si zachovat zdraví u počítače: od týmu odborných lékařů a terapeutů. Praha: Computer Press. ISBN 80-7226-546-6.. ISBN 80-7226-546-6.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Occupational Therapy (K19) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter