Practical Training Program

General Health Management

The aim of the training courses of this division is to promote expertise in comprehensive health services. It includes health education and effective management of occupational health at the work place. The following courses on General Health Management are carried out both inside and outside OHTC. It also invites acting occupational physicians, mainly from among the UOEH alumni, and request that they present their own experiences to the residents followed by a discussion. photo Genaral Health Management

Major topics
 Inspection of the workplace

 Plans for investigating causes of occupational impairments

 Management of health information

 Development and improvement of the health care system

 Planning annual program for the health service

 Membership in the health committee

 Relationship with the health authorities

 Collaboration with resources outside the corporation

 Economic consideration of occupational health service

 Health and work environmental education

 Basic responsibilities of occupational health physicians



Health Care and Promotion

The aim of the training course of this division is to learn the diagnostic techniques and the methods of counseling through on the job training in Health Care Service; i.e., medical checkups for the university employees and the workers of the community enterprises, comprehensive physical examinations and the Health Improvement Program. Seminars on physical and mental health care are also provided.

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Major topics

 Medical checkups and health counseling

How to use the computer-aided health care system

 Management of Mental Health

 Management of diseases contracted at the workplace

 Counseling on Life-style, nutrition and exercise

 Management of infectious diseases

 Evaluation of Health Care Activities

 Health Improvement program

 First aid



Work Conditions and Ergonomics

The aim of the training course of this division is to acquire the knowledge and techniques to prevent occupational health impairments caused by work conditions and to create adequate work conditions.

Therefore, the division is offering training courses to adapt work conditions to the physical and psychological nature of human. It also provides the techniques of ergonomic interventions used for creating a comfortable workplace.

 photo Work Condition and Ergonomics

Major topics

 Workloads/occupational stress and their effects on health, including work-related diseases

 Prevention of human error and failure at the workplace

 Organizational design and management, including human relations at the workplace

 Work capacity of aging workers

 Work design in practice

 Use of protective tools

 Rehabilitation of handicapped workers


Work Environment Control

The aim of the training course of this division is to obtain the necessary knowledge and techniques to control a hazardous environment and to create a preferable work environment. Therefore, the division is offering training courses to measure hazardous factors (toxic gases, organic solvents, particles, noises, vibrations, radiation, etc.) in the work environment and to evaluate the possible health effects caused by these factors. It also provides training courses in the techniques used to improve the work environment based on the results of the Working Environment Measurement.

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Major topics

 Control of Toxic chemicals

 Control of radioactive substance

 Use of the Material Safety Data Sheet

Measurement of the work environment

Evaluation of the work environment

Report on the Working Environment Measurement

Improvement of the work environment

Maintenance of equipment used for occupational hygiene