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Next START: September 2014 2 years part-time Mondays and Thursdays: 6:15 9:00

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I would like to invite you to take a brief tour of the MSc OccHealth with me Dr. Birgit Greiner, Course Director This MSc is an integrated course in occupation health, safety and welfare Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Western Gateway Building, on Western Road, a 5- minute walk from the main campus A modern building with excellent teaching rooms, access to a state-of-the-art library with access to health & safety books and journals, a restaurant with evening hours and modern computer facilities Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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We support our MSc students to professionally and passionately engage in health & safety practice and research and to provide leadership to others. Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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The course encourages a pro-active approach in assessing and controlling both physical and psychosocial work hazards in an effort to prevent disease, injuries and accidents at work, to promote health, and to create safe and healthy work cultures and conditions. Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Our lecturers are experienced college lecturers, health & safety trainers and professionals, industry experts and scientific researchers. All share the passion for health & safety: preventing accidents, injuries and diseases in the workplace and creating healthy and safe working conditions! Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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If you are a health & safety professional, e.g., A safety officer, manager or representative An occupational health nurse A safety engineer A self-employed health and safety consultant and want to deepen your skills and knowledge in this area Or Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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If you are working in a human resources department or in people management an environmental science specialist a health care professional such a nurse, a doctor, an occupational therapist and would like to focus your career on occupational health and safety practice or Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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If you are at the beginning of your career and have a primary degree in a cognate area such as public health and health promotion environmental science engineering psychology, sociology and other related fields and want to enter the exciting field of occupational health Or Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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If you have a relevant professional qualification and professional experience and would like to re-orient your career towards health & safety practice Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Occupation al health Public health and epidemiology Occupational medicine and nursing Law Ergonomics, safety engineering, industrial hygiene Training & development Health psychology, work psychology Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Risk assessment and management of stressful working conditions Health hazard evaluation Principles and practice of behaviour-based safety programmes Work organisational factors, safety and health Health promotion in the workplace Ergonomical work design to prevent musculoskeletal injury Application of health & safety and employment law Implementation of a health and safety management systems Critical appraisal of health and safety statistics Efficient searches for scientific information and publications Concepts of risk, risk perception and risk management Applied research for occupational health Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Human resources manager in a hospital Social worker in a charity Self employed health & safety consultant Graduate in environmental health Chemical data management officer in pharmaceutical industry Fire fighter Construction site manager Airport electrician School principal Psychology graduate with industrial work placement experience Health and safety manager in food industry Process safety engineer Clinical nurse specialist Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Practical problem Relate to research evidence Find best practice Relate to experience Reflect on own practice Change practice Retrieval and appraisal of health and safety research evidence is one major part of the course aimed at encouraging evidence- based decision making Reflection on and learning from previous professional experiences will be encouraged Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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We use Formal lectures by qualified academics and practitioners Interactive discussion sessions Student interactive work on case studies Student group and individual presentations Site visits Reflective practice exercises Computer and library labs Independent study and research Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Year 1 (40 credits) Taught 5 modules Research methods and information retrieval in occupational health (5) Occupational health and safety management (10) Psychosocial epidemiology (10) Integrative occupational health psychology (5) Critical appraisal of publications and legal aspects (10) Year 1 (40 credits) Taught 5 modules Research methods and information retrieval in occupational health (5) Occupational health and safety management (10) Psychosocial epidemiology (10) Integrative occupational health psychology (5) Critical appraisal of publications and legal aspects (10) Year 2 (50 credits) Taught and research 2 taught modules (15) Training and development issues (5) Principles, theory and practical application of risk assessment and management (10) Research module (35) Tutorials Meetings with thesis supervisor Thesis Year 2 (50 credits) Taught and research 2 taught modules (15) Training and development issues (5) Principles, theory and practical application of risk assessment and management (10) Research module (35) Tutorials Meetings with thesis supervisor Thesis Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Written exams (4 in year 1) Student presentations Student case studies Literature reviews Critical appraisal of a publication Site visit reflection Student research project (thesis) Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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In the second year you will conduct a piece of research on an occupational health and safety topic of your choosing. Example topics of previous graduates: Can focus on human factors (safety behavioral training & a participative safety management model) change the safety culture in a manufacturing industry Developing and benchmarking an emergency response protocol for a manufacturing company Burnout in teachers and student stress experience The relationship between organizational justice, safety performance and health in a manufacturing setting A comparison of the risk perception of Polish and Irish workers in a construction company Health and safety awareness of young workers A profile of work stress factors in nursing Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Class of 2005 - 2007 Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Class of 2009 - 2011 Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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You will be invited to Master classes held by experts in the field. Previous speakers were Herbert Mulligan: Editor of the Health and Safety Reviews Dr. Harry Comber: Director of the Irish Cancer Registry Eamonn OSullivan: Health and Safety Authority Patricia Murray: Health and Safety Authority You will be invited to Master classes held by experts in the field. Previous speakers were Herbert Mulligan: Editor of the Health and Safety Reviews Dr. Harry Comber: Director of the Irish Cancer Registry Eamonn OSullivan: Health and Safety Authority Patricia Murray: Health and Safety Authority You are invited to join a vibrant health and safety network at UCC which includes previous graduates and health & safety lecturers. We also use the expertise of our previous graduates. They contribute to lecturing mentoring new students and student tutoring Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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Managerial responsibilities in industry or public sector Consulting Lecturing Research Human resources, welfare Health Service Executive, Health and Safety Authority Dpt. Epi&Public Health - University College Cork 2013

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