Acute Respiratory Infection prevention and control for healthcare workers
MOOC: Infection Prevention and Control of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) for healthcare workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries This course includes nine units with animated and interactive scenarios, first introducing specific risk situations that healthcare workers have faced daily during the pandemic. After the introduction of the risks, preventive measures are presented following the Hierarchy […]
OpenWHO Course: COVID-19 and work: Staying healthy and safe at work during the pandemic
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 focuses on risk assessment and transmission of COVID-19 at the workplace, the third modele learns you how to […]
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 health and safety. In this one hour lasting course the following topics are discussed: (1) infectious risks to health and safety, (2) […]
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 increase knowledge about topics like occupational health and diseases, risk factors for illness and injuries at workplaces, workplace hazards and […]
Violence in the workplace
‘Workplace violence is a serious issue that affects all business sectors and occupations and the safety and security of every employee and employer. This course is offered FREE of charge by CCOHS to promote the awareness of this very important issue, and as a precursor to the other Workplace Violence e-courses: Recognize the Risk and Take Action, and Establish […]
HealthWISE – Work improvement in Health Services
HealthWISE is a practical, participatory quality improvement tool for health facilities. It encourages workers and managers to work together to improve workplaces and practices with low-cost solutions. Topics include occupational safety and health, personnel management and environmental health. HealthWISE is a combined action and learning tool: the Action Manual helps initiating and sustaining changes for […]
YouTube: training videos about 22 informal industries in India for Primary Health Care
The Indian Association of Occupational Health has posted 24 YouTube videos on Basic Occupational Health Services for Informal Industry via the Primary Care Ecosystem. These training videos are about 22 informal industries in India; the target group is primary health care. For example, videos pay attention to work history taking, working conditions, symptoms of health […]
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 Occupational Health, and subsidized by the government of Gujarat, India. It is a YouTube video of 23 minutes. This attractive module has […]
Virtual Patients: Workplace Survey
This Virtual Patient lesson Workplace Survey presents a practical case in occupational medicine and is meant for medical students and physicians-in-training for Occupational Medicine. It guides through and teaches the process of making a workplace survey in the specific situation of a chemical laboratory (however, some information can also be applied in other types of […]
Virtual Patients: A Needle Stick Injury
This Virtual Patients lesson is relevant for medical students and 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 loss, tiredness, poor appetite, and pain in the legs and arms. During the process of diagnosing the […]
Virtual Patients: Forestry worker with white fingers
This Virtual Patient lesson is a learning case about a forestry worker. He complains about fingers turning white, numbness and problems moving them properly. Besides it unables him regularly to work and causes him pain. Step by step, it is educated how a state-of-the-art diagnosis and tests should be performed. Besides, legal issues and compensation […]
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 red, itching eyes, runny nose, sneezing and recently he also developed wheeze and a cough with […]