FHV314 Environmental health
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Hilde Sylliaas
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk
Course frequency:annual
Nominal workload:125 hours devided on the workshops/ sessions and the assignment
Teaching and exam period:Teaching and exam in the January block
About this course
Learning outcome
After the course, the student should:
-Have in depth knowledge of concepts, thematical subjects, and responsibilities within local infection control and prevention
-Have in depth knowledge on legislation, stakeholders, planning, management, and contingency planning
-Be able to conduct health impact assessments and risk and vulnerability analyses
-Be able to use national register data and statistics on health and environmental risk factors
-Be able to understand GIS as a tool for assessing risk
-Be able to identify and discuss ethical issues and dilemmas within local infection control and prevention.
-Have knowledge on how to investigate, plan, conduct and evaluate a local challenge within infection control and prevention, together with relevant stakeholders.
- Intensive workshops/ full day sessions 5 to 6 days in total
- The lecturers are available between the sessions. Canvas will also be used.
- As for admission to the master's program in public health science
- Assignment: group assignment counts 100 %. Passed/failed.
Group assignment Grading: Passed / Not Passed - External examiner who assesses the assigment and is involved in the creation of the guideline for the examination
- Compulsory to attend lectures (80%) and the days set for presentation of the group assignments. It is also compulsory to participate in the group assignement.
- 25 hours on the workshops/ sessions
- M-FOL and M-FOL-DEL
- GSK