The WHO has developed an online course on COVID-19 and work. In this two hours lasting course, 5 video modules are included. The first module is about infection prevention and control in the workplace, the second module...
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OpenWHO course: COVID-19 – Occupational Health and Safety for health workers
The WHO Platform OpenWHO developed a course for health workers who work under challenging or difficult conditions related to COVID-19. In this pandemic health workers are exposed to many different occupational risks to...
MOOC: Occupational Health in Developing Countries
Occupational Health in developing countries is a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) provided by the website Future Learn. Through this website you can sign in for this present course. Following the course enables you to...
Occupational Health Safety in Agriculture, Basic Occupational Health Services for informal work in India
Occupational Health, Safety in Agriculture is part of a series of 24 modules on Basic Occupational Health Services (BOHS) for informal work. This distance learning module is developed by the Indian Association of...
Virtual Patients: A Needle Stick Injury
This Virtual Patients lesson is relevant for professionals working in health care. In this lesson a junior doctor who works on an internal medicine ward is challenged to diagnose a patient with complaints like weight...
Virtual Patients: Running Nose and Breathlessness fits
This lesson presents a practical case in occupational medicine, and is meant for medical students. It concerns the case of Mr. Bun who has a work history in a bakery. Since a few years he suffers from complaints like...
Health effects of hazardous substances
This course provides an introduction to health hazards caused by substances that are used at work. Basic toxicological terms and concepts (among others: dose response curves, toxicity testing), and types of health...
Orientation on Health and Safety for New Agricultural Workers
This interactive lesson teaches about safety behavior, legislation and recognition of job-related hazards. Furthermore, the lesson is a guide in hazards that are common in the broad range of agricultural work, including...
Health, Safety and Environment: A Series of Trade Union Education Manuals for Agricultural Workers
This material consists of a series of training manuals, made for educators of agricultural workers to tackle their health, safety and environmental problems. The manuals do not generally consist of ready-to-use...
Basic principles in Occupational Hygiene
This introductory course outlines the principles of Occupational Hygiene. It will provide a basis for recognition, evaluation, and control of, and anticipation on hazards, as may be encountered in the workplace. It will...
General introduction to occupational health. Module 1: Occupational hygiene
This module is the first of a two year course for the Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health. It teaches the principles of Occupational Hygiene at an academic level. It will provide knowledge to become familiar...
Bloodborne Pathogens (Biological Hazards) | Patógenos de la Sangre (Riesgos Biológicos)
A bilingual (Spanish and English) training module for employers with Hispanic workers, also to be used for English speaking workers. The goal is to learn about the hazards associated with human blood and what employer...