Prerequisites for Module
None, in addition to course entry requirements or equivalent.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To enable the student to develop a crtical understanding of risk management and fitness for work.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Examine the assessment and management of hazards in the workplace.
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Critically analyse a risk assessment process.
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Critically review health and safety legislation and policy.
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Appraise fitness for work strategies.
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Critically reflect on the principles of collaboration within an inter-disciplinary team to improve workplace risk management, policy and practice.
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Indicative Module Content
Health and Safety legislation; workplace hazards; risk assessment; risk perception; occupational diseases; standards; process; policy; occupational hygiene; occupational epidemiology; health surveillance; drug testing; accidents at work; risk perception; safety culture and behaviour; report writing.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Distance Learning | Assessment
| 10 | Lectures and Tutorials
| 20 |
Directed Study
| | Distance learning activities
| 80 | Work based learning activities
| 110 |
Private Study
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| 80 |
| Mode of Delivery
Blended Learning.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 2,3,4,5
| | Component 2 | 1
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Component 2: Examination
Component 1: Development of a learning Portfolio which demonstrates theory and practice. Students undertaking the non NMC route will develop a theoretical learning portfolio.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE (HSE), 2015. Health and Safety Executive. [online]. Bootle: HSE. Available from: http://www.hse.gov.uk/
| | 2. | HUGHES, P. and FERRETT, E., 2005. Introduction to Health and Safety at Work. 2nd ed. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
| | 3. | KLOSS, D., 2010. Occupational health law. 5th ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
| | 4. | OAKLEY, K., ed., 2008. Occupational health nursing. 3rd ed. London: Wiley and Sons.
| | 5. | THORNBURY, G. and LEWIS, J., 2010. Employment law and occupational health: a practice handbook. London: Blackwell.
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Additional Notes
Students undertaking this module as part of the BSc (Hons) Occupational Health Practice course to achieve a Nursing and Midwifery registration on the 3rd part of the register will be required to demonstrate achievement of specified proficiencies with the support of a Practice Teacher.
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