Module 3: Toxicology and Occupational Medicine I

MODULE 4: OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE & TOXICOLOGY II - CONTENTS
SECTION 1: Physiology of Breathing	OM2 1.1: Contents
	OM2 1.2: Lung volumes
	OM2 1.3: Essentials of anatomy
	OM2 1.4: Physiology of airways and flow
	OM2 1.5: Definition of spirometry
	OM2 1.6: Volume time and flow volume curves
	OM2 1.7: Normal curves and patterns of abnormality
	OM2 1.8: Mild obstruction on Flow volume curve
	OM2 1.9: Airflow Obstruction: Evaluation of Reversibility
	OM2 1.10: Non-Obstructive Reduction In Lung Volumes (Restriction)
	OM2 1.11: Curves Showing Mixed Obstructive And Restrictive Abnormalities
	OM2 1.12: Lung Volumes In Obstructive And Restrictive Abnormalities
	OM2 1.13: Interpreting Spirometry
	OM2 1.14: Interpreting Spirometry (Continued) .
	OM2 1.15: Interpreting Spirometry (Continued).
SECTION 2: Respiratory Tract Defences	OM2 2.1: Objectives and Contents
	OM2 2.2: The Mucous Layer
	OM2 2.3: The Mucous Layer And The Muco-Ciliary Escalator
	OM2 2.4: The Cough Reflex
	OM2 2.5 : Alveolar Macrophages
	OM2 2.6: Neutrophils and Local Immunoglobulins
SECTION 3: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Occupation	OM2 3.1: Objectives and Contents
	OM2 3.2: Global Burden of COPD
	OM2 3.3: Epidemiology of COPD
	OM2 3.4: Management of COPD
SECTION 4: Pneumoconiosis: Silica and Coal	OM2 4.1: Objectives and Contents
	OM2 4.2: Definitions, Diagnosis and Treatment
	OM2 4.3: Silica Dust And The Reaction Of The Lung To Retained Silica.
	OM2 4.4: Coal Dust And The Reaction Of The Lung To Retained Coal Dust.
	OM2 4.5: The Natural History Of Silicosis And Its Complications.
	OM2 4.6: Occupations Where There Is A Risk Of Silicosis
	OM2 4.7: Burden Of Silicosis And CWP In South Africa
	OM2 4.8: Legislation
SECTION 5: Tuberculosis and Occupation	OM2 5.1: Objectives and Contents
	OM2 5.2: TB As A Problem In SA And Globally
	OM2 5.3: Goldminers in South Africa - A Case Study
	OM2 5.4: Potential Interventions To Reduce TB Incidence In Silica Exposed Workers
	OM2 5.5: Radiology Of Silica, Silicosis And Tuberculosis
	OM2 5.6: The Main Radiological Features Of Simple Silicosis
SECTION 6:Asbestos and Disease	OM2 6.1: Objectives and Activities
	OM2 6.2: What is asbestos?
	OM2 6.3: History of Asbestos-related disease
	OM2 6.4: Asbestos related diseases
	OM2 6.5: Fibre types and dose response relationships
	OM2 6.6: Disease impact in South Africa
	OM2 6.7: Asbestos regulations exercises
SECTION 7:Metals and the lung	OM2 7.1: Objectives and Activities
	OM2 7.2: Classification of effects
	OM2 7.3: Acute effects
	OM2 7.4: Airways disease
	OM2 7.5: Interstitial lung disease
	OM2 7.6: Respiratory Tract Cancer
	OM2 7.7: Investigating metal induced lung disease
SECTION 8:Occupational allergy	OM2 8.1: Objectives and Activities
	OM2 8.2:Definitions and mechanisms
	OM2 8.3:Common allergic conditions
	OM2 8.4:Legislation
	OM2 8.5:Investigations
	OM2 8.6:Investigating the environment
	OM2 8.7:Exercise
SECTION 9:Occupational asthma	OM2 9.1: Objectives and Activities
	OM2 9.2:Epidemiology and legislation
	OM2 9.3:Definition and related conditions
	OM2 9.4:Causative agents
	OM2 9.5:Pathophysiology
	OM2 9.6:Diagnosis
	OM2 9.7:Management
	OM2 9.8:Prognosis
	OM2 9.9:Exercise
SECTION 10:Organic dust diseases	OM2 10.1: Objectives and Activities
	OM2 10.2: Definition of organic dusts
	OM2 10.3: Organic Dust Toxic Syndrome
	OM2 10.4: Grain dust
	OM2 10.5: Cotton dust
	OM2 10.6: Wood dust
	OM2 10.7: Case study exercise
SECTION 11:Building related illness and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity	OM2 11.1: Mulitple Chemical Sensivity
	OM2 11.2: Building related illness
SECTION 12:Xray reading practical	OM2 12.1: ILO classification system for xrays
	OM2 12.2: Introduction to ROLDS
	OM2 12.3: ILO CLassification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses - Manual
SECTION 13:Lung function practical	OM2 13.1: Approach to Interpretation
	OM2 13.2: The Spirometry Report
	OM2 13.3: Algorithm for categorising results
	OM2 13.4: Exercises
SECTION 14: Skin prick testing	OM2 14.1: Objectives and Activities
	OM2 14.2: Immunological testing lecture
	OM2 14.3: Skin Prick Test Exercises
SECTION 15: Skin Defences and Physiology	OM2 15.1: Objectives and Contents
	OM2 15.2: What Is The Skin?
	OM2 15.3: Structure Of The Skin
	OM2 15.4: The Epidermis
	OM2 15.5: The Barrier Function
	OM2 15.6: Skin Protective Function
	OM2 15.7: Skin Thermoregulation
	OM2 15.8: Skin And Light
	OM2 15.9: Skin And Light (Continued)
	OM2 15.10: Summary
SECTION 16: Occupational Skin Disorders	OM2 16.1: Objectives and Contents
	OM2 16.2: History and Scope
	OM2 16.3: Skin Hazards
	OM2 16.4: Types of skin disease
	OM2 16.5: Summary
SECTION 17: Skin Management	OM2 17.1: Introduction
	OM2 17.2: The skin management programme
	OM2 17.3: A skin management programme in the workplace
SECTION 18: Personal Protective Equipment Gloves	OM2 18.1: Objectives and Contents
	OM2 18.2: Types of Gloves
	OM2 18.3: Glove Failure
	OM2 18.4: Hazards of glove use
SECTION 19: Introduction to the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODMWA)	OM2 19.1: Introduction
	OM2 19.2: Compensation legislation in SA
	OM2 19.3: Certification and benefits
	OM2 19.4: Shortcomings of ODMWA
	OM2 19.5: Exercises
SECTION 20: Case problems in occupational medicine	OM2 20.1 Case 1:A scrap metal smelter operator
	OM2 20.2 Case 2:A retired signmaker
	OM2 20.3 Case 1: An ex-railway workshop welder