A New Multidisciplinary Training Approach to Advance OS&H Practice in WNY

本职业安全与健康（OS&H）培训计划的具体目的是为四个不同学术部门的硕士研究生提供有效的多学科培训OS&H经验，以通过课程学习，实践培训和研究经验显着加强和增加西纽约（WNY）职业安全与健康从业人员的数量。该项目将为受训人员提供OS&H专业，同时获得纽约州立大学布法罗分校工业与系统工程、社会与预防医学、康复科学和药理学与毒理学的研究生学位。来自各系的学员完成相同的三门必修核心课程，分别是职业安全与健康、工业卫生和流行病学，以及通过大学毒理学研究中心下属的大西洋职业安全与卫生培训中心完成为期四天的职业安全与卫生标准培训课程。此外，所有学科的学员都参加了一个期刊俱乐部，并参加了安全专业会议。调查、课程成绩和职业跟踪被用来评估项目的有效性。所提出的培训计划的优点是：1。它在新的教育项目中教授伤害预防、流行病学和工业卫生的核心能力，这是WNY 2其他任何地方都没有提供的。参加该项目的MS学生来自多个系，以更好地反映纽约大学职业健康与卫生从业者的全面多样性背景。3. 它利用现有的课程和高质量的研究生课程，这些课程已经建立了OS&H的记录。4. 该计划的跨学科性质使学员能够共同学习，以获得应对当今职业安全与卫生挑战所需的广泛知识。5. 在学期课程、职业安全与健康培训课程、期刊俱乐部以及与职业安全与健康专业人士的互动中使用的各种教育方法提供了一个独特的学习机会，旨在鼓励学员的注册和保留。6. 通过参与部门的教师之间现有的教学和研究合作，确保培训保持凝聚力。7. 学员通过与已经建立的行业和专业安全组织的合作伙伴关系获得OS&H现场经验。8. 毕业生在研究和实践方面都接受了良好的教育，并为职业生涯做好了充分的准备。相关性WNY在制造业，农业和服务相关行业拥有大量劳动力，这些行业的伤害和疾病率很高，但在该国该地区，想要在职业安全与卫生领域接受研究生教育的个人机会很少。这个培训项目是专门设计来加强专业知识和增加合格的职业安全与卫生专业人员在纽约，以更充分地保护其员工。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): Project Summary The specific aim of this occupational safety and health (OS&H) training program is to provide an effective multidisciplinary training OS&H experience for Master's level graduate students of four different academic departments in order to significantly strengthen and increase the pool of Western New York (WNY) OS&H practitioners through coursework, practical training and research experiences. The program will provide trainees with a concentration in OS&H while obtaining a graduate degree from the Departments of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Social and Preventive Medicine, Rehabilitation Science and Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Trainees from the Departments complete the same 3 required core courses in Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, and Epidemiology, as well as a required 4-day training course in OS&H standards through the University's Atlantic OSHA Training Center within the Toxicology Research Center. Additionally, trainees from all disciplines participate in a journal club and attend safety professional meetings. Surveys, course grades and career tracking are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Advantages of the proposed training program are that: 1. It teaches core competencies in injury prevention, epidemiology and industrial hygiene in a new educational program not offered anywhere else in WNY 2. The MS students who participate in the program come from multiple departments to better reflect the full diversity of backgrounds of OS&H practitioners in WNY. 3. It leverages existing coursework and from high quality graduate level programs that have an established track record of OS&H. 4. The interdisciplinary nature of the program allows trainees to learn together in order to gain the breadth of knowledge necessary to address today's OS&H challenges. 5. A variety of educational approaches used in the semester long courses, OSHA training course, journal club, and interacting with OS&H professionals provide a unique learning opportunity designed to encourage enrollment and retention among trainees. 6. Training is ensured to remain cohesive through existing teaching and research collaborations between faculty in the participating departments. 7. Trainees acquire OS&H field experiences through partnerships with industry and professional safety organizations that have already been established. 8. Graduates are well educated in both research and practice, and are sufficiently prepared to work towards a careerasaCSP¿1/2orlH/CIH Relevance WNY has significant workforces in manufacturing, agricultural and service-related industries that have high rates of injuries and illness but very few opportunities exist for individuals who want to pursue graduate education in OS&H in this region of the country. This training program is designed specifically to strengthen the expertise and increase the pool of qualified OS&H professionals in WNY in order to more adequately protect its workforces.