Curricular Unit:			Code:
Occupational Safty and Health			1013SST
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Postgraduate	Nursing in the Workplace	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
• Describe the principles and domains of environment, safety and health in the workplace (SHW) • Know the national and international legal framework of SHW and the principles of promotion and prevention • Contextualize work accidents and occupational diseases, recognizing the causes, costs and consequences of occupational injuries • Promoting safe behavior in the field of SHW Skills: • Master the principles that aim to promote Health and Safety at Work in Portugal and in Europe; • Implements formal mechanisms for the participation of incidents / accidents / occupational disease; • Knows principles and practices of information and communication in OSH, namely in relation to emergency plans, fire fighting, evacuation and first aid; • Integrates safe and responsible SHW behavior;
Syllabus:
1. Notions of Safety and Health at Work; 2. Evolution of Occupational Health and Safety: legal and economic aspects - National and international labor legislation; 3. Occupational Safety and Health Organization; 4. Concept and classification of occupational accident and occupational disease: Loss Ratios;
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
It is intended that the contents developed throughout the CU, train the students with theoretical-practical knowledge, in matters of Safety and Health at work. This UC will contribute to the acquisition of knowledge inherent in national and international labor legislation, regulations, circulars, technical guidelines. rights and duties of workers and employers. In this way, the contents are in line with the objective objectives previously formulated, allowing students to adopt behaviors and attitudes towards prevention, appropriate in the scope of OSH, within the framework of an active participation of citizens.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The curricular unit will be developed based on bibliographical research, analysis, discussion and joint critical reflection on the topics addressed, elaboration and discussion of group work orientation. The students will make groups of no more than three elements, to prepare a case study of a company / institution, phased by different Curricular Units (UC), which constitute the Study Plan, based on the stages of Risk Management. In this UC, students will elaborate a stage of the study, which contextualize the legal framework of Safety and Health at Work, aiming at the prevention of occupational risks. Continuous evaluation will consist of the preparation of a Group work, presentation and discussion, with a weighting of 100%.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
In order to meet the stated objectives, the methodologies to be used in this unit will focus on interactive methodologies, involving students in the teaching-learning process, focused on the reflection and analysis of diagnostic cases, aiming at the promotion of OSH and the fulfillment of the legal obligations in order to prevent the occurrence of occupational accidents and the emergence of occupational diseases through the implementation of a set of basic measures.
Reading:
•CABRAL, Fernando - Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho-Manual de Prevenção de Riscos Profissionais. Editora Verlag-Dashofer, Lisboa, 2011 •Diário da república. Lei n.º 102/2009. D.R. I Série. 176 (2009-09-10) 6167-6192 •Diário da república. Lei n.º 7/2009. D.R. I Série. 30 (2009-02-12) 926-1028 •FREITAS, Luís Conceição - Manual de Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo, 2.ª ed., ISBN 978-972-618-618-2, 730p., 2011 •MIGUEL, Alberto Sérgio S. R. - Manual de Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho, 11ª ed., Porto: Porto Editora, 2010 •PORTUGAL. Direcção Geral de Saúde - Autorização para o exercício de Enfermagem do Trabalho. Lisboa: Direcção Geral da Saúde, 2014 •QUINTAS, P. - Manual de Direito da Segurança, Higiene e Saúde no Trabalho. Lisboa: Editora Almedina, 2006 •ROXO, Manuel - Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho: Avaliação e Controlo de Riscos. Coimbra: Editora Almedina, 2009