Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
A MOOC to teach basics on Occupational Health in a global setting. A collaboration between Norwegian and African universities
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
A MOOC to teach basics on Occupational Health in a global setting. A collaboration between Norwegian and African universities
A MOOC to teach basics on Occupational Health in a global setting. A collaboration between Norwegian and African universities
Subject
A MOOC ,teach basics, Occupational Health, Norwegian, African, universities
Description
Introduction: In 2015 researchers at the University in Bergen launched the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Occupational Health in Developing Countries. The course was developed in cooperation with researchers at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania and at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. The objective of this presentation is to describe the development of the course and how it was structured, as well as the participation of students in the period 2015-2021. A second objective is to discuss the importance of this type of course.
Materials and Methods: This course is run 6 weeks each time, twice
a year. The MOOC platform Future-learn is used. Topics on general
occupational health, chemical factors, physical factors, and factors
concerning musculoskeletal disorders as well as mental problems
related to the work situation are the main topics of the study. Data
from the learning platform was obtained to describe the students
attending the course.
Results and Conclusions: Altogether, 20 303 students have partic-
ipated in the course, from 159 different countries. Participants the
first year were 5866, 72.4 % from a low- or middle-income country.
71.9 % of the 768 course completers were LMIC residents. Of the participants, 46% were females and 54% males; about 50% of the participants were working in health and social care. Anyonecan register for thiscourse. Thereisnocontrolover the activity, and not all complete. However, it might be of importance for some to learn occupational health this way, as not all countries have education in this topic. The effect of the course is difficult to evaluate.
Materials and Methods: This course is run 6 weeks each time, twice
a year. The MOOC platform Future-learn is used. Topics on general
occupational health, chemical factors, physical factors, and factors
concerning musculoskeletal disorders as well as mental problems
related to the work situation are the main topics of the study. Data
from the learning platform was obtained to describe the students
attending the course.
Results and Conclusions: Altogether, 20 303 students have partic-
ipated in the course, from 159 different countries. Participants the
first year were 5866, 72.4 % from a low- or middle-income country.
71.9 % of the 768 course completers were LMIC residents. Of the participants, 46% were females and 54% males; about 50% of the participants were working in health and social care. Anyonecan register for thiscourse. Thereisnocontrolover the activity, and not all complete. However, it might be of importance for some to learn occupational health this way, as not all countries have education in this topic. The effect of the course is difficult to evaluate.
Creator
Moen, Simon Mamuya, Wakgari Deressa and Magne Bråtveit
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
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Moen, Simon Mamuya, Wakgari Deressa and Magne Bråtveit, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
A MOOC to teach basics on Occupational Health in a global setting. A collaboration between Norwegian and African universities,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2387.
A MOOC to teach basics on Occupational Health in a global setting. A collaboration between Norwegian and African universities,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2387.