Slovakia

 


OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IN SLOVAKIA


 



HISTORY


 



  • 1932 – first outdoor patient department and few years later clinical department in Prague, Czechoslovakia – prof. Dr. J. Teisinger

  • 1949 outdoor patient department and clinical department in Bratislava – prof. Dr. M.Nosáľ

  • 1951 – outdoor patient department in Martin, 1956 – clinical department in Martin – Dr. B.Geryk 

  • 1952 – outdoor patient department in Košice, 1960 – clinical department in Košice – assoc. Prof. Dr. B.Gomboš

  • 1953 – Research Institute of Occupational Hygiene and Occupational Diseses in Bratislava – Dr. I Klucik

 


ORGANISATION


POPULATION OF SLOVAKIA


Total: 5 412 254
Active: 2 056 656


 


ACTIVE PHYSICIANS IN SLOVAKIA 


All: 20578 Specialists of occupational medicine: 127


NATURE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES


Non governmental health facilities
Private practice
Public health centres (advice and state health inspection) 
 


PROFESSION


TRAINING


Postgraduate training for a doctors is possible in 4 specialization/subspecialization:



  • Occupational Medicine (specialization - 4 years study) after basic specialization in Internal medicine, or GP, or Hygiene and Epidemiology subspecializations:

  • Clinical Occupational Medicine and Clinical Toxicology (subspecialization - 3 years study)

  • Preventive Occupational Medicine and Toxicology (subspecialization - 3 years study)

  • Occupational Health Services (subspecialization – 2 years study)

Continuing Medical Education is required to be licensed by the Slovak Medical Chamber.


HOT TOPICS
 


Occupational health-prevention of professional and work related diseases, health promotion
 


Professional diseases



  • One time compensation: awarding points scale depends up to disease (240 – 8000 points)

  • 1point = 2% of average earns in Slovakia (2010: 1p.=14,89€)

  • plus monthly accident pension

Occupational Health Services



  • changes of legislation

  • tasks in team of OHS
     

TASKS



  • Occupational health risk assessment

  • Preventive examinations of employees – evaluation of work ability

  • Advising to employers and emploees

  • Health education

  • Evaluation of health status of emploees in relation to the changing work conditions

  • Diagnostics ,notification and prophylaxis of occupational diseses

 


 


ASSOCIATION



Slovenská spolocnos‘ pracovného lekárstva SLS - SLOVAK ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE


Address: 
Rastislavova str. 43
04190 Košice
Slovakia


Contact person: marek.varga@upjs.sk