Aerospace Medicine Curriculum
National Institute of Aerospace Medicine from Romania
Romanian Society of Aerospace Medicine

THEORY

1 Definition, history, purpose of aerospace medicine – 6 hours 
2 Structure and performance of main types of aircrafts – 10 hours
3 Aerian environment – 10 hours
4 Flight environment and its action over human body (hypobaric hypoxia, decompresion sickness, acceleration, thermal stress, noise and vibrations) – 50 hours
5 Sensory physiology (balance and spatial orientation) – 10 hours
6 Aerospace clinical medicine:
- Cardiology – 20 hours
- Respiratory – 20 hours
- Digestive and metabolic diseases – 20 hours
- Infectious and tropical diseases – 20 hours
- Urology and gynecology – 8 hours
- Dental medicine – 6 hours
- Skin diseases – 6 hours
7 Imagistics in aerospace medicine – 20 hours
8 ENT in aerospace medicine – 50 hours
9 Ophtalmology in aerospace medicine – 20 hours
10 Psychiatry in aerospace medicine – 20 hours
11 Neurology in aerospace medicine – 30 hours
12 Aerospace psychology – 30 hours
13 Aerospace psychophysiology – 10 hours
14 Paraclinical investigations in aerospace medicine – 40 hours
15 Aeornautical hygiene – 20 hours
16 Biostatistics and legislation – 10 hours
17 Flight safety. Flight incident investigation – 20 hours
18 SAR and MEDEVAC – 20 hours
19 Space medicine – 20 hours
20 Varia – 10 hours

TOTAL 420 hours

PRACTICE

Paper works in aerospace medicine 28 hours
Chamber operations 70 hours
ECG and Holter 56 hours
Ultrasound imaging 14 hours
Functional tests 28 hours
Exploring in ENT 84 hours
Exploring in ophthalmology 42 hours
EEG 14 hours
Skin tests 14 hours
Anthropometric index 14 hours
Lab works 14 hours
Imagistics 14 hours
Psychologic tests 14 hours
Spatial disorientation demonstration 14 hours

TOTAL 420 hours