Course details
Module Objective:
To provide an epidemiological and population perspective on occupational health and safety and familiarise students with theoretical frameworks of psychosocial work factors and their measurement. To facilitate the development of knowledge and critical evaluation by reviewing research evidence linking psychosocial work factors to health, safety and wellbeing.
Module Content:
Main epidemiological concepts in population health research including causation, bias and confounding, epidemiological evidence on the impact of psychosocial work characteristics on physical and mental health, safety and wellbeing. Critical discussion of main theoretical concepts including stress theory, the demand-control model, effort-reward imbalance, person-environment fit, job characteristic model and the socio-technical approach. Measurement of psychosocial work factors in research. Trends in occupational and population health stress epidemiology nationally and internationally. Definitions and historical evolution of the concept of risk and factors influencing risk perception.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Critically discuss the elements of the bio psychosocial model of health.
- Apply the bio psychosocial model of health to occupational health problems
- Critically discuss aspects of the psychosocial work environments that affect health, safety and welfare
- Evaluate pathways between psychosocial issues at work and health, safety and welfare
- Apply criteria of causation to occupational health examples
- Analyse factors that impact on risk perception
- Evaluate the major theories underlying occupational stress research.
Detailed Entry Requirements
Applicants should have a primary degree (minimum second class honours grade I) in a cognate area or equivalent plus relevant professional experienced; or Diploma in Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (or equivalent and relevant professional qualification) and relevant work experience in Safety, Health and Welfare.
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About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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