Sverre Vedal
email: svedal@u.washington.edu
office: 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, #100
telephone: 206-616-8285
office hours: by appointment
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Location: HSC T531
Time: Thursday 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Prerequisites: OEM resident/fellow, environmental health graduate student, occupational health nursing student, or permission of instructor

This 2-credit graduate-level course uses a lecture/seminar/discussion format. An 8 to 10-page paper, some short, focused readings, a few small web-based homework assignments, and classroom participation will be required. There are no mid-term or final examinations. Topics covered include: 1) respiratory system structure and function including imaging and lung function measurement (at rest and exercise) and interpretation; 2) occupational and environmental obstructive airways disease including asthma, RADS, vocal cord dysfunction and COPD; 3) occupational and environmental interstitial lung disease including pneumoconiosis (especially asbestos- and silica-related disease) and granulomatous conditions; 4) lung cancer due to occupational exposures; 5) exposure measurement and control; 6) respiratory impairment and disability; 7) indoor and outdoor air pollution.

Readings on upcoming class topics will be made available on the course website - Readings link
Selected readings from Occupational disorders of the lung: recognition, management and prevention, Hendrick, et al. (2002) will also be assigned.

Students will be required to: 1) write a short paper (approximately 10 pages) on a topic of the student's choosing, after discussion with the instructor; 2) complete homework assignments based on classroom material and readings; 3) participate in classroom discussion and attend class regularly.

Grading will be based on:  paper (40%); homework (30%); participation/attendance (30%)