Occupational Health Internship Program

摘要-职业健康实习计划 OHIP计划的主要目标是确定并为下一代提供培训 职业健康专业人员。三个主要的培训目标是该计划的基础。 在一个夏天的过程中，每个OHIP学员都了解到： ·与工作有关的健康和安全危害在确定工人健康方面的重要性 工人和普通社区； ·劳动力性质的变化以及设计健康和安全的重要性 干预措施，以满足特定和多样化的工人群体的需要；以及 ·职业健康和安全专业人员在减少工作场所健康和安全方面的作用 安全隐患。 OHIP的第二个目标是通过以下方式增加职业健康学科的多样性 积极招收和辅导来自少数族裔和移民背景的学生。 我们每年收到的400多名申请者中，有许多来自代表性不足的少数族裔。 (URM)，我们接受的计划中的大多数来自不同的种族和 社会经济背景。在该项目14年来的284名学生中，70% %的人来自不同的种族和社会经济背景。其中50%的人会 被包括在URM类别中。此外，82%的OHIP学生在一秒钟内就能说一口流利的英语 语言和14%的人会说第三种语言。因此，我们的许多学生都带来了特殊的语言 和文化技能，这对项目的成功至关重要。此外，我们的大部分员工 以实地为基础的项目服务于低工资和移民工人群体。 每个OHIP团队在他们9周的项目中完成三个“可交付成果”：(1)教育 可供其主办组织(工会、基于社区的组织、 代理等)提高工人对安全和健康危害的知识；(2) 调查结果将以PowerPoint格式在夏季结束时提交至 视频会议链接；(3)项目目标、方法、结果的书面总结报告 和建议。 来自全国各地的OHIP项目人员和导师，每个人都相当健康 并有安全经验，确保实习工作取得成功。这包括 广泛面向全国招生，精心挑选学生项目，组织 为期三天的全国性培训，并在整个过程中进行有效的指导和监督 那个夏天。夏后与学员的交流巩固了他们对 职业健康。由全国公认的教育家组成的国家顾问委员会 科学家继续在监督该项目中发挥关键作用。

Abstract-Occupational Health Internship Program The primary goal of the OHIP program is to identify and provide training for the next generation of occupational health professionals. Three major training objectives underlie the program. Over the course of a summer, each of the OHIP trainees gains an understanding of: • The importance of work-related health and safety hazards in determining the health of workers and the general community; • The changing nature of the workforce and importance of designing health and safety interventions to meet the needs of specific and diverse worker groups; and • The role of occupational health and safety professionals in reducing workplace health and safety hazards. The second goal of OHIP is to increase diversity in the occupational health disciplines by aggressively recruiting and mentoring students from minority and immigrant backgrounds. Many of the over 400 applicants we receive each year are from underrepresented minorities (URMs), and the majority we accept into the program are from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Of the 284 students over the fourteen years of the program, 70% percent were from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Fifty percent of them would be included in the URM category. In addition, 82% of all OHIP students are fluent in a second language and 14% speak a third language. Thus, many of our students bring special language and cultural skills that are essential to the success of the project. In addition, the majority of our field-based projects serve low wage and immigrant worker populations. Each OHIP team completes three “deliverables” during their 9-week project: (1) Educational materials that can be used by their host organization (union, community based organization, agency, etc.) to improve worker knowledge of safety and health hazards; (2) Summary of their findings in PowerPoint format to be presented at the end of the summer through videoconference links; and (3) Written summary reports of project objectives, methods, results and recommendations. OHIP project personnel and mentors from around the country, each with considerable health and safety experience, work to ensure that the internships will be successful. This includes extensive national recruitment for applicants, careful selection of student projects, organization of a three-day national orientation training, and effective mentorship and supervision throughout the summer. Post-summer communication with the trainees solidifies their interest in occupational health. A national advisory board composed of nationally recognized educators and scientists continues to play a key role in overseeing the program.