Occupational Medicine Tutorial (Out of Print)

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OPEN ACCESSDecember 19, 2007Occupational Medicine Tutorial (Out of Print) Lynn Kosowicz, MD, Franklyn Farrell, MD, MPH, Anton Alerte, MD, Anne Bracker, MPH, CIH, Marc Croteau, MD, MPH, Eileen Storey, MD, MPH Lynn Kosowicz, MD University of Connecticut School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Franklyn Farrell, MD, MPH Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Anton Alerte, MD University of Connecticut School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Anne Bracker, MPH, CIH University of Connecticut School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Marc Croteau, MD, MPH University of Connecticut School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Eileen Storey, MD, MPH University of Connecticut School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.701 SectionsAbout ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail AbstractAbstract Introduction: The online Occupational Medicine Tutorial prepares students to diagnose occupational diseases in their patients. The material is comprehensive enough to allow faculty who do not specialize in occupational medicine to run this activity. Methods: The tutorial is broken into three sections and is designed to take approximately 30-minutes to complete. The first section includes an overview of the importance of taking an occupational history, a list of common occupations, exposures and resultant diseases, and a methodology for obtaining a problem-focused occupational history. The second section asks the students to complete their own personal occupational history using the framework outlined in the previous section. The third section allows the student to work through one of two clinical vignettes. Results: Both students and faculty graded the online tutorial favorably. Eighty-one percent of students rated the relevance of the online tutorial as good to excellent. Seventy-four percent thought the quality of the material is good to excellent and seventy percent rated the quality of the presentation as good to excellent. Faculty respondents were much more enthusiastic with 92.8% judging the relevance, quality of content, and presentation within the good to excellent range. Discussion: After completing the tutorial students appreciated the range of occupational exposures and the importance of taking an occupational history. Because the tutorial encourages the students to take their own occupational histories, they are more familiar with the tools available to determine if a patient's workplace exposures could be associated with their presenting symptoms and illness. Educational Objectives By the end of the module, the learner will be able to: Understand the scope of work-related disorders, its components, and the importance of the occupational history.Obtain an occupational history in different clinical settings, and recognize that occupational diseases are reportable to public health agencies. Sign up for the latest publications from MedEdPORTAL Add your email below FILES INCLUDEDReferencesRelatedDetails FILES INCLUDED Included in this publication: Web Link Access_701.pdf To view all publication components, extract (i.e., unzip) them from the downloaded .zip file. Download editor’s noteThis publication may contain technology or a display format that is no longer in use. Copyright & Permissions© 2007 Kosowicz et al. This is an open-access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.KeywordsAllergic ContactMSDSGlutaraldehydeCarpal Tunnel SyndromeMaterial Safety Data Sheet Disclosures None to report. Funding/Support None to report. Loading ...