Occupational Health: Prevention, Regulation and Practice
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This specialist course sets out to transform occupational health services — often seen as purely administrative bodies — into genuinely operational prevention systems. It tackles the major issue of "administrative drift", where issuing fitness certificates takes the place of real protection for workers. The programme teaches you how to move from standardised screening to targeted medical surveillance grounded in the reality of the workplace (mines, construction sites, plantations, factories). Participants will learn to map critical exposures that are often underestimated (musculoskeletal disorders, psychosocial risks, chronic chemical exposure) and to treat regulation not as a compliance ceiling but as a minimum floor on which to build a robust occupational health strategy. The approach draws on international standards (ILO, WHO, ISO 45001) while adapting them to the socio-economic and legislative realities of French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa.
Overview
What this course covers
Occupational Health: Prevention, Regulation and Practice is an online UpSkills course in Health & Social Care, organised into 6 modules, 29 lessons and 7h 5m of content. Each sequence pairs theory with hands-on practice so that what you learn transfers directly to a real professional setting.
By the end of this programme you will be able to assess how effective a service is: identify the symptoms of a purely administrative service and understand why it fails to protect employees. These skills are built up gradually across the course, consolidating the fundamentals before moving on to more advanced material.
The learning path opens with “BLOCK 1 - Understanding the real-world context” and closes with “QUIZ”, taking in “BLOCK 1 - Reading occupational risks”, “BLOCK 3 - Deciding and acting appropriately” and “BLOCK 4 – Managing for the long term” along the way. The sequence is designed so each module builds on the one before it.
This course is aimed at learners at intermediate level looking to build their skills in Health & Social Care. It suits both individual upskilling and a company-led development plan, and needs no special software or equipment to follow.
The programme is led by L'équipe d'experts Up Skills; you learn at your own pace, with no fixed schedule, from desktop, tablet or mobile; an UpSkills certificate is issued once you complete the course.
What you'll learn
Key Objectives
Assess how effective a service is: identify the symptoms of a purely administrative service and understand why it fails to protect employees.
Master the regulatory framework: apply the ILO conventions (C155, C161, C187) and national labour codes.
Map occupational risks: assess real exposures (noise, silica dust, pesticides, solvents) without selection bias.
Spot weak signals: detect emerging conditions (silicosis, hearing loss, chronic poisoning) before they become irreversible.
Prioritise and decide: use ranking methods to choose between technical, organisational and human prevention measures.
Manage with data: put in place key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure real health impact, not just the number of medical appointments.
Manage legal liability: understand the legal framework governing unfitness for work, workplace accidents and occupational diseases in order to protect both the company and the worker.
Program
5 module(s)
MODULE 1
BLOCK 1 - Understanding the real-world context
6 elementsModule 1-A. Why occupational health fails when it remains purely administrative
17 minModule 1-B. Why occupational health fails when it remains administrative
17 minModule 2-A. Real risks vs. reported risks: learning to tell the difference
17 minModule 2-B . Real risks vs reported risks learning to tell the difference.mp4
22 minModule 3-A. Regulation as a floor, not a ceiling
17 minModule 3-B. Regulation as a floor, not a ceiling
12 minMODULE 2
BLOCK 1 - Reading occupational risks
6 elementsModule 4-A. Mapping exposures without selection bias
17 minModule 4-B . Mapping exposures without selection bias
12 minModule 5-A . Underestimated critical exposures MSDs, psychosocial risks, chronic chemical exposure
19 minModule 5-B . Underestimated critical exposures MSDs, psychosocial risks, chronic chemical exposure
12 minModule 6 - Making the most of available occupational health data
22 minModule 7 – Spotting weak signals before an incident
16 minMODULE 3
BLOCK 3 - Deciding and acting appropriately
7 elementsModule 8-A. Prioritising: a method for ranking risks
17 minModule 8-B. Prioritising: a method for ranking risks.mp4
10 minModule 9-A. Choosing between technical, organisational and human prevention
12 minModule 9-B . Choosing between technical, organisational and human prevention
13 minModule 10 . Turning a decision into an operational action plan
19 minTo download: Recommendation note template
Module 11. Engaging internal stakeholders without losing efficiency
19 minMODULE 4
BLOCK 4 – Managing for the long term
4 elementsModule 12 . The indicators that really matter
23 minModule 13. Assessing the real effectiveness of the actions taken
20 minModule 14-A . Correcting, adjusting and anticipating emerging risks
9 minModule 14-B . Correcting, adjusting and anticipating emerging risks.mp4
15 minMODULE 5
BLOCK 5 - Legal liability and critical situations
5 elementsModule 15. The legal framework of employer and occupational physician liability.mp4
19 minTo download / Module 15. The legal framework governing employer and occupational physician liability.
Module 16-A. Managing unfitness for work, a workplace accident or an occupational illness.mp4
18 minModule 16-B. Managing unfitness for work, a workplace accident or an occupational illness
10 minModule 17 . Protecting yourself legally while staying effective in the field
21 minMODULE 6
QUIZ
1 elementQUIZ
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- First capsule free, available right away
- You join this programme with your profile
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Before you start
This course is aimed at directors of district, regional and university hospitals, chief medical officers, administrative and finance directors, senior nursing officers, chief pharmacists, quality managers and senior staff in regional health directorates who have experience in running a health facility, in hospital administration or in managing medical teams, so that they can fully grasp the management principles, financial control tools and governance mechanisms presented in this course.
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Merci beaucoup pour cette formation je viens d'ajouter beaucoup de notions de la médecine du travail, surtout que la formation est organisée à mon rythme. Neanmoins penser à complèter toutes les séquences de la formation et continuer à nous accompagner.
Merci
Merci pour pour votre groupe car par le biais de votre plate forme de formation, je suis désormais médecin de travail.