Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, 7.5 credits

Occupational therapist - or physiotherapy degree of 180 HE credits or Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy or physiotherapy.
English and Swedish language skills equivalent to English A and Swedish B at Swedish upper secondary school are also required.

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Reflect on theories concerning physiological mechanisms and risk factors for work-related disorders in the musculoskeletal system.
• Describe and apply biomechanical principles within physical ergonomics.
• Identify and analyse work-related physical exposures and psychosocial factors and reflect on their importance for origin and maintaining of musculoskeletal disorders.
• Describe and discuss how psychosocial working conditions, stress and cognitive demands influence work performance and musculoskeletal disorders.

The course includes work physiological mechanisms, such as energetic charge and local physical charges on the locomotive organs and acute and long-term effects regarding physical capacity and trouble in the locomotive organs. In the course, application of biomechanical principles within physical ergonomics is included. The course also concerns theories of how psychosocial working conditions, stress and cognitive charge influence work performance and musculoskeletal disorders.

The teaching consists of a combination of distance education and scheduled campus teaching. The tuition forms at the campus teaching include lectures, seminars and group assignments. The distance education includes literature studies, group assignments, report writing, interview surveys etc

At the campus compulsory attendance at certain teaching parts can occur.

Examination takes place through individual, written examination, and a written group assignment with oral presentation in seminars. The examination of the written assignment is assessed from both written contents and oral presentation.

The grading scale is Fail/Pass/Pass with distinction.

passed grade attendance at compulsory lectures is required. The course director assesses if, and in that case, how absence can be compensated. Before student has participated in compulsory lectures or compensated absence in accordance with the instructions of Course Director the student's course results will not be reported in LADOK.

Limitation of number examination sessions
The student has the right to participate in six examination sessions. If the student has not passed after four examination sessions, the student is urged to visit the study adviser.

Every time the student participates in the same test counts as an examination session. Submission of blank exam is counted as examination session. Examination session to which the student has registered but not participated in will not be counted as an examination session.
 

Examination will be provided during a time of two years after a possible close-down of the course. Examination can take place according to an earlier literature list during a time of one year after the date when a renewal of the literature list been made.

Course evaluation will be carried out according to the guidelines established by the Board for education and also according to evaluation routines within the Master's programme (one-year) in work and health.