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This programme is mainly taught in Dutch.
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In order to obtain the degree of Master of Occupational Medicine the student
- should be enrolled for the programme in question under a diploma contract or under an exam contract to obtain a diploma
- should have taken all the exams that the programme encompasses
- should previously have registered for the programme with the examination board.
- should have acquired at least 120 ECTS-credits
The programme consists of 120 ECTS-credits.
In a model academic year, the student takes between 54 and 66 ECTS-credits.
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Direct: diploma of medical doctor
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The general objective of the master programme of occupational medicine is to enable the student, by using different teaching forms effectively, to improve, protect and keep the health and welfare of employees in and by their work as prevention advisor in occupational medicine.
Background for this is that occupational medicine:
- is mostly preventative medicine and rarely curative
- is directed at the individual as well as at the collective
- entails a multidisciplinary approach and collaboration
- moves in the tension field between more actors a.o. employee, employer, legislator, union…
- seeks a scientific basis for its functioning (evidence-based occupational medicine)
Based on the (legal) tasks of the occupational health care in Belgium,
- risk evaluation and control
- medical contacts
- health information and education
- organisation and administering of first aid
- activities with regard to the environment
- data collection and analysis
the concrete objectives of the master of occupational medicine are:
1. to be able to explain the interaction between man and labour
2. to be able to list, measure and evaluate risks in the working environment. This concerns risks of health damage and incapacity for work. In this the master pays particular attention to vulnerable groups.
3. to be able to collaborate with actors of related sciences and disciplines such as ergonomy, occupational safety, occupational hygiene ans psychology.
4. to be able to handle the diagnostic, preventative and therapeutic arsenal
5. to be able to examine and evaluate the health and the incapacity for work of employees, at individual level as well as at the collective level.
6. to be able to timely diagnose occupational diseases and workrelated conditions and detect the risk factors. He/she is able to advise on preventative measures and to propose appropriate solutions at individual and group level. He/she involves the possibilities of other disciplines.
7. to refer to other carers and actively collaborate to find possibilities of restarting work and of adapted work for the incapacited employee.
8. to be able to give health relevant information, training and advise to employees, employers and interested third parties.
9. to be able to organise and administer first aid and urgent care to employees.
10. to know(recognize) the possible effects on the environment of exposure to risks by industrial activities and to be able to give the necessary information and advice.
11. to be able to describe, critically analyse and solve a problem in the working field in a scientifically sound way.
12. to be able to adequately report orally and in writing to peers and to the company.
13. to be able to explain the structure and organisation of health care, in particular preventative medicine and the medico-legal insurance sector.
14. to be able to explain the organisation of labour and business and knows the management methods.
15. to have the required knowledge, skills and attitudes to confer and collaborate with other people, organisations and institutions within or outside the company and this at all levels.
16. to know the professional, ethical and legal codes of conduct and to practise them.
17. to improve and maintain his/her professional competences.
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A student’s final result is a weighted average of the exam results the student has obtained for all the programme components of his/her training programme. In calculating the final result, the credits corresponding to the various programme components are used for weighting the results obtained for those components.
The final result is expressed as an integer out of 100.
A student whose final result is less than 50 out of 100 can never be declared successful.
A student is successful for the training programme if he/she has obtained credits for all the programme components in his/her training programme.
For more information see the Education and Examination regulation.
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