Ph.D. on Public Health

• Associate Professor Sare Mıhçıokur

At the end of this course, the students;

1. Describe risk factors that negatively affect the physical health of employees in workplaces. Mention the physical risk factors and measurement methods for the environment and employees. Specifies the permissible values of national and international standards. Compares the working and production areas with high exposure to physical risk factors in our country and the world. Explain the physical control of risk factors in the workplace and the tasks of occupational safety specialists.
2. Identifies risk factors that negatively affect the health of employees in chemical workplaces. Explain the methods of measuring the risk factors of chemicals for the environment and people. Define the permissible values of national and international standards. Compare the occupational areas with high exposure to chemical risk factors in our country and in the world. Explain the control of chemical risk factors at workplaces and the tasks of occupational safety specialists with this regard.
3. Describe risk factors encountered in the environment as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Describe the characteristics of microorganisms encountered in the environment as a risk factor. Explain the method of protection from biological risk factors.
4. Identify psychosocial risk factors that negatively affect workers in workplaces. Describe the methods of measuring the psychosocial risk factors for employees Compare the business areas with high exposure to psychosocial risk factors in our country and in the world.
5. Explain the control of psychosocial risk factors at workplaces and the tasks of safety specialists with this regard.
6. Define the basic concepts of ergonomics. Determine the effects of ergonomic risks. Describe the activities to be done on the prevention of the effects of ergonomic risk.
7. Define the dangerous situations and behaviors. Explain the basic characteristics of preventive activities such as "Prevention at source, environment protection, personal protection". Define the concept of occupational health and safety.
8. Summarize the historical development of occupational health and safety in Turkey and in the world. Define the contemporary approach to occupational health and safety. Indicate the basic principles of occupational health and safety practices.
9. Give information about existing legal regulations related to occupational health and safety in our country, international occupational health and safety agreements.
10. Describe the institutions and organizations operating in the field of occupational health and safety in Turkey and international agencies and organizations such as ILO, WHO, OSHA.
11. Define the legal regulations on work safety and occupational medicine expertise
12. Analyze the organization of occupational health and safety services. Explain the importance of team work in occupational health and safety services.
13. Define and explain the surveillance of work place environment and the related registrations.

• Lecture
• Discussion
• Questions/Answers
• Presentation
• Report Preparation
• Project
• Problem Solving
• Case Study