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