HLSC 4670U – Studies in Work Disability Prevention

Students are introduced to the Work Disability (WD) Paradigm, the real meaning of disabling pain and the influence of stakeholders on WD. Students begin to learn about the meaning and value of work and the nature, epidemiology and costs related to WD. A case study will allow students to seize the complexity and social dimensions of this paradigm and how it may affect patients who are also workers in their personal, social and working life. This case study will introduce the current conceptual frameworks of work disability. Complexity of the pain problem and its influence on WD will be presented. An introduction to the stakeholders and systems articulating with the work disability situation will be made. Topics will include workplace structures, systems and agents, private and public disability support schemes, unions and the compensation system.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Cross-listed: HLSC 5040G