| 课程号 |
12739090 |
学分 |
1 |
| 英文名称 |
Risk Assessment, Critical thinking and environmental health |
| 先修课程 |
No pre-requisites/Target audience: Graduate students in environmental science, environmental policy, and other health and environmental fields. |
| 中文简介 |
风险评估是应用于工程、金融、健康及环境领域进行有效性决策的基本工具。批判性思维对于应用于风险评估中信息可信度的考量至关重要。该门课程通过使用多学科的案例教授学生如何去使用风险评估及评判性思维去改进、提升决策制定。另外，该课程将提供通过具体的技术方法去开发以健康为基础的对空气、水资源、食物以及土壤中的污染物与空气杂质的风险限制。同样，通过该课程教会学生掌握有效风险管理的几项关键技能。 |
| 英文简介 |
Risk assessment is a fundamental tool for making effective decisions in engineering, finance, health and the environment. Critical thinking is essential for assessing the credibility of information used in risk assessment. Using examples from many disciplines, this course teaches how to use risk assessment and critical thinking to improve decision making. In addition, it will offer specific techniques for developing health-based risk limits for pollutants and impurities in air, water, food, and soil. Also, students will learn key aspects of effective risk management. |
| 开课院系 |
环境科学与工程学院 |
| 通选课领域 |
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| 是否属于艺术与美育 |
否 |
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| 授课语言 |
英文 |
| 教材 |
无；
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| 教学大纲 |
Teach skills in 1) assessing the credibility of information, 2) using risk assessment to improve decision-making on health and environmental issues, 3) effectively communicating risk. The overall goal is to teach students to use risk assessment and critical thinking to help society and the government focus on the most-cost effective solutions to managing the risks of complex environmental problems.
Session 1： History and Relevance of Risk Assessment
a.History and Relevance of Risk Assessment – Provides a context to risk assessment and its use in modern society.
b.Toxicology for Risk Assessment – Discusses how toxicology is used for risk assessment purposes.
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c.Critical Thinking and Health – How to use critical thinking to improve your ability to assess the credibility of information and make better judgments.
d.Steps in Risk Assessment – Reviews the risk assessment framework.
Session3:
e.Risk Communication (public communication) – How to talk to non-experts regarding health and environmental risks.
f. Chemical and Compound Specific Risk Assessments – Chinese examples including chromium in capsules and cadmium in rice
Session4:
g.Causality and Critical Evaluation of Health Information – Using of Hill’s Criteria to determine causal associations between exposure and an adverse health effect.
Session5:
h. Risk Communication with other technical professionals – Discusses ways to enhance communication on risk with other technical professionals to facilitate decision-making with a specific focus on regulators.
i.Ways to report risk: absolute risk, comparative risk, risk ranking, risk based levels
Session6:
j.Reproductive Risks– Understanding & Minimizing the Risk
k.Thalidomide – A short lecture on the tragedy that occurred in Europe in late 1950 and early 1960. Discusses the important of using animals for testing, particularly since we don’t do reproductive toxicity testing in women.
Session7:Cancer – Risks and Treatment
m.Lung cancer and critical thinking – A short lecture on lung cancer in non-smokers and smokers.
Session8:
n. Pesticide Risk Assessment
Session8:
Discussion on setting risk-based limits for pesticides
Session9:
o.Managing the risks of risk management. About how to be aware of and minimize other risks that are created or increased as the result of reducing another risk.
课堂讲授、小组讨论、文献阅读、报告相结合
Open book quizzes and in-class oral presentations
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