Table 1.
Description of the different interlinking modules of the interdisciplinary, multiprofessional one-day skin protection seminar (T2)
| Module | Content | Method | Materials | Duration | Staff and institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcoming and introduction to staff, participants, and program in order to create a trustful, open seminar atmosphere | Moderation of oral conversation (group) | Key questions for participants (e.g., occupation, risk factors) | 15-20 min. | Health educationalist, University of Osnabrück |
| 2 | Legal basis concerning the statutory accident insurance, the procedure of patient care, differences and possible financial and social consequence of work-related and occupational diseases and compensation in order to increase the motivation to remain in work and to perform appropriate skin protection | Oral presentation, dialogue in case of individual questions (group) | Power point slides, script for notes | 30 min. | Social security employee specialized in accident prevention, Social Accident Insurance Institution for the woodworking and metalworking industries, Dortmund |
| 3 | Skin protection seminar in order to gain disease-specific knowledge concerning the function and structure of the skin, anatomy of the stratum corneum, skin barrier function, external (e.g., cutting fluids, solvents) and internal (e.g., atopic diathesis) risk factors, pathogenesis of irritant and allergic contact dermatitis, and methods for skin protection, skin care and mild skin cleansing, to improve the disease management and to increase the motivation to perform skin protection behavior | Interactive, dialogue-oriented seminar (group) | Power point slides, flipcharts, hands-on skin protection experiments, pictures, metaphors, models (e.g., brick-and-mortar-model of the stratum corneum) | 90-110 min. | Health educationalist, University of Osnabrück |
| 4 | Lunch break | 45 min. | Cantina of the Hospital, Dortmund | ||
| 5 | Different types and usage of protective gloves, pictograms, hands-on showing of examples, explaining of appropriate and wrong usage (e.g., to avoid that gloves become contaminated on the inside) | Oral hands-on presentation, dialogue in case of individual questions (group) | Examples of various protective gloves to hand round to touch, feel and compare types, models, and pictograms, flipcharts | 45 min. | Technical inspector, Social Accident Insurance Institution for the woodworking and metalworking industries, Dortmund |
| 6 | Circle with four stations: | ||||
| 6a | Dermatological examination and counseling to assess the skin condition and the disease course, to recommend further diagnostics, to identify individual therapy options, and to answer individual questions | Individual patient counseling | Medical records (e.g., patch test results) | 10-15 min. | Dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, Dortmund |
| 6b | Review of the currently used skin protection products, if necessary: recommendation of alternative (optimized) protective gloves, skin creams, and/or mild skin cleanser for subsequent testing under real workplace conditions | Individual patient counseling | Report of workplace visit, different examples of protective gloves, creams, and cleansers | 15 min. | Technical inspector, Social Accident Insurance Institution for the woodworking and metalworking industries, Dortmund |
| 6c | Health educational counseling to answer individual questions, to explain the individual medical diagnosis with “simple words” (lay terms), to improve the individual skin protection behavior and to practice how to correctly apply cream | Individual patient counseling | Medical records, educational material to practice the correct application of cream and to identify “cream gaps”, other material (as individually required) | 10 min. | Health educationalist, University of Osnabrück |
| 6d | Counseling regarding subsequent steps and procedures (e.g., organizational inquiries, provision of skin products and gloves, information on future support by the social accident insurance) | Individual patient counseling | Documents and forms | 10 min. | Social security employee specialized in accident prevention, Social Accident Insurance Institution for the woodworking and metalworking industries, Dortmund |