Objectives and competences
Student will be able to:
• use innovative learning and teaching technologies using digital content: extended reality (augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual reality),
• discuss about environmental impact on human health,
• use hand hygiene procedures in a hospital environment,
• properly handle healthcare waste,
• discuss about access to sufficient and safe drinking water and safe food,
• interpret the impact of air pollution on human health,
• discuss about global environmental problems: climate change, population growth, developing countries.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Presentation and use of innovative learning and teaching technologies using digital content: extended reality (augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual reality).
Digital learning materials will be prepared to deliver content such as:
• environmental impact on human health,
• hand hygiene in the hospital environment,
• handling of healthcare waste,
• access to sufficient and safe drinking water and safe food,
• the impact of air pollution on human health.
• global environmental problems: climate change, population growth, developing countries.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures (auditory)
Tutorials (auditory and virtual laboratory)
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able
to:
• explain innovative learning and teaching technologies using digital content: extended reality (augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual reality),
• explain environmental impact on human health,
• explain hand hygiene procedures in a hospital environment,
• explain procedures for managing waste from healthcare,
• critically evaluate access to sufficient and safe drinking water and safe food,
• critically assess the impact of air pollution on human health.
• explain global environmental problems: climate change, population growth, developing countries.
Readings
Obvezna/Mandatory:
Šostar Turk S., Rozman U., (2020). Vpliv okolja na zdravje, zbrano učno gradivo. Univerza v Mariboru, Fakluteta za Zdravstvene vede.
Šostar-Turk S., Rozman U., Blaznik U., Hrženjak V., Golja V., Mušič E., Nahtigal B., Perharič L., Pajnkihar M., Vrbnjak D., (2022). Kemijski dejavniki tveganja v prehrani. 1. izd. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba.
Priporočena/Recommended:
Eržen I. et al. (2010). Zdravje in okolje. Maribor: Medicinska fakulteta, Univerza v Mariboru.
Friis, R.H. (2019). Essentials of environmental health. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Griffiths, J. et al. (2009). The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change, Earthscan.
Lippmann, M. (2009). Environmental Toxicants. 3rd edition, A John Willey & Sons, Inc., Hoboken.
