Occupational safety, welfare and ergonomicsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the organizations, goals and means of occupational safety and occupational health care.
You can identify and assess stress factors at work and in working environments.
You can consider individual resources and effects of life phases on wellbeing at work.
You can choose, justify and use evidence-based physiotherapy means to support and promote occupational welfare.

Content

What is occupational safety and how is it implemented?
What is occupational security and how do you assess the factors related to it?
What is the role of physiotherapy in occupational health care?
How do you measure physical, mental and social load factors of work?
What is rehabilitation psychology?
How do you evaluate a worker’s resources?
How do you assess workload and carry out ergonomic surveys, and how do you affect the factors arising from them?
How do you apply physiotherapy methods to empower a worker?
By which means do you support a worker’s coping at work?

Evaluation

a – g (graduation-level know-how and skills)