1. Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology in Czech Republic 1 Prof. Daniela Pelclová MD, Ph.D. 2 Květa Švábová, MD, Ph.D. 1 Assoc. Prof. M. Tuček, MD, Ph.D. 1 Dept. of Occup. Medicine, Charles University, 2 School of Postgraduate Education, Prague, Czech Republic

2. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Teaching of Occupational Medicine in Czech Republic

3. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Pregraduate Medical Education 6 Years 5th year 3 weeks of Hygiene and Epidemiology (incl. 1 week of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene) State Examination

4. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Pregraduate Medical Education 6 Years 5th year 1 week of Occupational Diseases (incl. in-Patients Department) Final text, Examination

5. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Postgraduate Education 4 years Specialisation in Occupational Medicine Duration : 4 years Full-time 2 years Internal Medicine 2 years Occupational Medicine

6. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic 2 years Occupational Medicine - 1 1 year: minimum: 3 months Dept. of Occupational Diseases, 3 months Occupational Health Services, and 3 months at Dept. of Occupational Hygiene (State Institute of Public Health) – Occupat. Epidemiology

7. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic 2 years Occupational Medicine - 2 10 months additional training: dermatology, orthopaedics, allergology, travel medicine, urgent medicine, psychiatrics, rehabilitation, neurology

8. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic 2 years Occupational Medicine - 3 3 weeks specialised course at the School of Postgraduate Medicine – lectures about all fields of Occupat. Medicine Attendance of all workshops and seminars at University and Regional Occupational medicine Depts.

9. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Specialised Occupat. Med. Courses at the School of Postgrad. Med. Exposure-diseases associations in occupational groups – identifying, verifying, and quantifying risks in different groups of subjects in: Construction sector Agriculture Health Care Wood Industry Glass Production

10. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Specialised courses at the School of Postgraduate Medicine Exposure-diseases associations in occupational groups : Foreign Workers Managers Women Apprentices Epidemiology of Occupational Cancer

11. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic 2 years Occupational Medicine - 4 Dissertation work and publications in Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology

12. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Dissertation work and publications Prospective – exposure measurements, follow-up of workers, markers of health damage Retrospective – occupational diseases in a factory, region, etc.

13. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Examples of Dissertation Works - 1 Working conditions and musculoskeletal findings in women in a large scale food stock Electromagnetic field and neuropsychological findings in radar operators Exposure to isocyanates, lung functions and occupational diseases in lamination textile workers in South Bohemia A comparison of occurrence of occupational and non-occupational asthma in West Bohemia

14. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Examples of Dissertation Works - 2 Health status and subjective problems in cyanide manufacture Cytostatic drugs and conventional cytogenetic findings in healthcare personnel An occurrence of occupational skin disorders in Central Bohemia Results of the follow-up of workers exposed to vinyl chloride monomer

15. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Trends in Occupational Diseases in Czech Republic Population: 10 million Working population: 5 million

16. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Conclusion Teaching Occupational Medicine The basics of Occupational Medicine and of Epidemiology during Pregraduate Education More advanced during Postgraduate Education Dissertation work/Publication is a part of the Final examination.

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21. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Occupational Diseases in Industrial Branches in Men and Women in the Year 2005

22. EASOM Bari 2006Occup. Medicine in Czech Republic Thank you Dept. of Occupat. Medicine, Charles University, Prague