Existing cases (August 2009)
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| number | title | language | target group | topic/learning objective | learning objective |
| N001 | A 59 year old male with dyspnoes and cough | EN, DE, ES, ES_CO, PL | medical students | diseases followed by asbestos exposure in a company worker | occupational survey and history taking |
| N003 | 27 year old patient with conjunctivities and rhinitis | EN, DE | medical students, nursing students | latex allergy, rhintis and asthma in a nurse | allergy and sensitisation; workplace health principles |
| N004 | Electroplater | EN, DE | medical students, CME | perforation of the nasal septum in a chromate exposed worker | claim for compensation for a medical disease |
| N005 | Runing nose and breathlessness fits | EN, DE, FR, FI, ES, ES_CO, RO, PL | medical students, (CME) | rhinitis and asthma in a baker | allergologic and pulmonologic history and findings |
| N006 | Stomach cramps and anaemia | EN, DE, ES, ES_CO, FI, RO | medical students | lead exposure in a varnisher | lead intoxication; differential diagnosis of anemia |
| N007 | The Flight attendant | EN, EN_GB, DE, PL, RO | medical students, postgraduates, CME | diabetes in a flight attendant | diabetes: symptoms, diagnostics and therapy |
| N008 | Incidental finding | EN, DE | medical students | bronchial carcinoma in a foundry worker | occupational disease process; diagnostic steps of an occupational survey |
| N009 | Forestry worker | EN, EN_GB, DE, PL, RO, FI | medical students, postgraduates, CME | hand arm vibration syndrome in a forestry worker | thermography; effect of vibration on the muscosceletal system |
| N012 | A Statistical Thesis? | EN, DE, ES, FI | medical students, postgraduates | medical student beginning a doctoral thesis in epidemiology | basic statistics and epidemiology |
| N013 | Needle stick injury | EN_GB, DE, PL, RO, FI, ES, ES_CO, BE | medical students, nursing students | medical student acquiring a needle stick injury | potential risk of infection; workplace safety principles |
| N014 | Internship with consequences | EN, DE | medical students, healthcare workers | tuberculosis in a bricklayer from Lithuania | Tbc: symptoms, diagnostics, therapy, vaccination |
| N016 | Incidental finding | DE, RO, EN | medical students | bladder carcinoma in a welder | occupational disease and worker´s compensation |
| N017 | Another long and winding road | DE, EN, PL FI | undergraduate medical students, postgraduates | skin lesions in a road construction worker | claim for workers compensation |
| N021 | Patient with chronic dyspnoea needs your help | PL, EN, RO, ES, FI | undergraduate medical students, postgraduates | chronic dyspnea in a farmer | procedure of occupational history and diagnosis |
| N022 | Bright like the sun | AT, EN, RO | undergraduate medical students, postgraduates | symptoms in a welder | occupational exposure and safety measures for a welder |
| N023 | The retired shop fitter | EN, ES, FI, DE | advanced, expert | mesothelioma due to exposure to asbestos | occupational history taking |
| N024 | Workplace accident due to alcohol | RO, EN, PL | undergraduate medical students, postgraduates | workplace accident in a car mechanic | occupational accident, first aid |
| N025 | Breathless | ES, EN, DE | RT, OMT, GMT, OHP, OHN, OMP, CA | occ. asthma and extrinsic allergic alveolitis | diagnostic process in a patient with dyspnea |
| N026 | Protection of the unborn child | EN, EN_CA; NL, FI, AT, FR, PL, ES | postgraduates, OH nurses | pregnant lab assistant | reproductive health and work |
| N027 | Weekend rash | FR, EN, DE | postgarduates, CME | rash in a pharmaceutical enterprise worker | methods of technical and personal occupational health and safety, duties of OHN |
| N028 | Workplace survey | FI, EN, EN_GB, FR, RO, DE, ES | postgarduates, CME | workplace survey in a laboratory | process of workplace survey, legislation concerning workplace surveillance |
| N030 | Intoxication | ES | undergraduate medical students, postgraduates | intoxication with TCE in an industrial worker | diagnostic process, acute/chronic intoxication with TCE |
| N031 | Occupational surveillance program for asbestos exposed workers | EN | postgraduates 3rd year and up | exposition to asbestos in different gernerations of cement factory workers | programs of medical surveillance |
| N033 | Le souffle de l'émailleur | FR, EN, ES, FI, DE | medical students, interns | respiratory symptoms in an enameller | silicosis; main terms of occupational diseases |
| N034 | An exotic choice | EN, DE | medical students | medical intern at the dep. for nuclear medicine | radiation protection; radioisotype therapy |
| N035 | Outbreak | EN, DE, ES, PL | medical students, postgraduates in OH, CME | SARS virus infection in an elderly woman | infectious disease epidemiology; sentinel surveillance |
| N036 | Sensation of numbness in the finger | EN, DE | medical students, postgraduates | CTS in a cashier | CTS; ergonomics |
| N043 | A Driver in Trouble | EN | RT, OMT, GMT, OHP, OHN, OMP, CA, CS, SN, MLT | obstructive sleep apnea in a driver | occupational risks and risk assessment |
| N045 | The car plant worker | EN | RT, OMT, GMT, OHP, OHN, OMP, CA, CS, SN, MLT | occupational asthma in a car plant worker | health surveillance for respiratory diseases |
| N046 | The Cereal Killer | EN | RT, OMT, GMT, OHP, OHN, OMP, CA, CS, SN, MLT | respiratory symptoms in a worker of a cereal factory | lung function surveillance principles; longitudinal surveillance |
| N047 | The Sardinian Foundry worker | EN | RT, OMT, GMT, OHP, OHN, OMP, CA, CS | silico-tuberculosis and NSCLC in a foundry worker | occupational history taking |
| N052 | CSE | EN | undergraduates, postgraduates, CME | key symptoms of CSE, differential diagnosis of CSE, CSE treatment | recognize danger of patient being chronically exposed to organic solvents |
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Key to groups RT = Respiratory Trainee , post graduate OMT = Occupational Trainee, post graduate/CME GMT = General Medicine Trainee, post graduate OHP = Occupational Health Professionals, CME OHN = Occupational Health Nurses, CME OMP = Occupational Medicine/Health Physician, CME CA = Course attendees (Occ medicine), Post graduate and CME CS = Clinical scientists, CME SN = Staff/specialist nurses, CME MLT = Medical Lab technologists, CME
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