Continuing Education

Catalog

SSE 264: Beyond Sport: Sports Science Applications for Laborer Acute and Long-Term Health Issues and Considerations in a Warmer World- Part 1

Course Objectives

  • Analyze the physiological differences between athletes and laborers to determine why sports-based heat stress research may not apply directly to occupational settings.
  • Evaluate the impact of chronic heat exposure on worker health, focusing on the development of conditions like CKDnt and exertional heat stroke.
  • Assess the economic implications of occupational heat stress and justify the need for evidence-based mitigation strategies.

Course

Credits

Course Expiration

ACSM

1

07/25/2028

BOC

1

07/25/2028

Reference Article

https://www.gssiweb.org/docs/default-source/sse-docs/sse_264.pdf?sfvrsn=2