Occupational Medicine Residency Research Articles

Occupational Medicine Residency Training Programs

An experienced occupational health nurse with suitable academic qualifications is able to assist in providing a well-rounded education and teaching physicians to be effective members of occupational health teams. Nurses are involved in teaching occupational health to physicians in the academic and practicum phases of occupational medicine residency training programs. However, the involvement of nurses in training physicians is inconsistent among the accredited residencies. Most of the nurses involved in teaching occupational health to physicians are at least master's degree prepared. Nurses are involved in the didactic, clinical, and administrative components of the training programs. Though nurses are involved in residency training programs to an extent, the lack of consistent involvement limits the diversity of points of view and fosters an imbalance in the training of occupational medicine residents.

Mexico, maquiladoras, and occupational medicine training.

Industrialization and its concomitant social and environmental effects in developing countries are considered in this paper. Mexico offers one example of economic progress achieved through the promotion of industrial growth. Recognising the need for trained experts with global experience in occupational health, the University of Arizona (UA) has begun a programme to train occupational and preventive medicine residents in international aspects of occupational health in the nearby industrialized border regions of Mexico. By using the maquiladora (assembly plant) industries and the resources of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social with the State of Sonora, residents observe existing problems in occupational safety and health in addition to adding to their understanding of the need for worldwide cooperation for research and reform in this field.

Management roles for physicians: training residents for the reality.

The University of Arizona has incorporated administrative training into general preventive medicine residency and occupational medicine residency training programs to provide preparation at the most appropriate time for future management roles for physicians. Training parallels future specialty choices and focuses on computer skills, fiscal control, budgeting, personnel management, political or regulatory process, program development, and planning and organization. Throughout the 2-year training period, residents are in a position to acquire management skills through course work, selected rotations, special projects, and a concentrated 1-month rotation in administration. Practical application is exercised in management settings within the department and in the community. A longitudinal training approach is advocated for similar programs and for other specialties to ensure successful management of health care with physicians as an integral component.

Another Base for Occupational Medicine-Reply

I appreciate the thoughts and endeavors of my colleagues at Arizona who have, among federally funded occupational medicine residency programs, placed perhaps the greatest emphasis on clinical experience and expertise. I think, however, that they have somewhat misunderstood the teaching-research model that we have evolved at Yale and thereby underrated its potential to serve the ends we commonly seek. Although our Occupational Medicine Program is, indeed, nested within a major tertiary care medical center, our clinics have not drawn primarily from within this referral center but rather have used the base to draw, broadly, from without. Over 95% of all patients are seen first (and exclusively) as outpatients; over 80% have never previously been to Yale. We see, in our own specialty, a spectrum of pathology similar to that seen by other specialists—a population referred for possible/probable occupational disease. Not surprisingly, we see both an extraordinary range of illness and

Occupational Medicine Residency Program at NIOSH

Occupational Medicine Residency Program at NIOSH

Residency Programs for Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Korea

Purpose: This study was performed to obtain baseline information about the occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) residency programs in Korea. Methods: We surveyed 39 residents for the present training condition, satisfaction, vision of OEM, the condition and satisfaction after residency programs by self-administered questionnaire. Results: Residents want to get appropriate clinical and practical training to be a medical director in a factory or specialist of the occupational medicine based at a hospital. They report, however, that current system for OEM residency training program is not appropriate. The curricula, duration of the each curriculum, level of training hospital or institute need to be reconsidered. Conclusion: We need to develop more systematic residency program with support from government and OEM society.