Your DAS Work+Health program
The Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) Work+Health is a joint program of the University of Zurich and the University of Lausanne. Drawing from over 30 years of training experience in the field, the DAS Work + Health program, which was started at ETH in 1993 then later moved to UZH, offers a firm theoretical understanding and profound practical skills in Occupational Medicine, Occupational Hygiene, and Organizational Health Development. The comprehensive, interdisciplinary DAS Work+Health provides common knowledge and perspectives, as well as specialized, transfer-orientated approaches to work and health. The program combines high scientific academic standards and best practice methods with practical implementation in work settings. It links occupational health issues to management practices and the larger organizational context. Interdisciplinary collaboration is fostered by a broad range of shared modules and a final, interdisciplinary, transfer-oriented group project.
The DAS Work+Health program is integrated in the division of Prof. Dr. med. Holger Dressel , Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Prof. Dr. med. Dressel is head of the division of the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), UZH. The Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is jointly supported by the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute and the University Hospital Zurich clinic for internal medicine. It focuses on the effects of workplace and environmental conditions on people and their health.
Successful graduates do:
- Evaluate and manage occupational exposures, health hazards and psychosocial factors
- Evaluate and improve occupational environments and resources
- Prevent work related diseases and promote resources and health at work
- Steer participatory change processes and build organizational capacities for occupational health
- Design and optimize working environments and systems with respect to safety, health and productivity
- Work in interdisciplinary teams and implement specific theoretical knowledge as well as professional experience