NIOSH Training Project Grant (TPG): Industrial Hygiene University of Toledo

NIOSH 培训项目补助金 (TPG)：托莱多工业卫生大学

• 批准号: 8915919
• 负责人: FARHANG AKBAR-KHANZADEH
• 金额: $ 7.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8915919
• 关键词: NIOSH; Training; Project; Grant; TPG

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Master of Science in Occupational Health degree - Industrial Hygiene program ((MSOH-IH) was originally founded in 1985 and currently is offered by the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus. This IH Program has been continuously accredited by the Applied Science Accreditation Commission - Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ASAC-ABET) for full (6- year) cycles since1996; with the last cycle approved for the period 2014-2020. The primary goal of the Program is to provide master-level education and training to full- and part-time graduate students and members of the public for the purpose of increasing their knowledge, comprehension, skills and attitudes essential to the advancement of occupational health and safety science, practice and research. This is accomplished via a combination of theoretical, practical and applied (i.e. case-based; problem-based) classroom, laboratory, and field teaching and research activities. The program educates and trains individuals mainly from Northwest Ohio region. In turn, graduates are employed as occupational health and safety specialists in the region. In addition, the program accepts students from outside the region and several alumni are employed in other areas throughout the USA, Canada, and Middle East countries. The Industrial Hygiene program adopted the ABET definition for "Program Educational Objectives", that is, "what the program graduates will be qualified to practice at the time of graduation and what most graduates will be able to achieve (e.g. certification; advanced degree; job promotion) a few years after graduation." The three "Program Educational Objectives" for the MSOH-IH program are: (1) AII graduates are expected to be qualified to practice "comprehensive industrial hygiene." (2) Most graduates are expected to practice in the field of Industrial Hygiene or related areas of Environmental and/or Occupational Health and Safety and to meet the relevant and appropriate needs of their employers. (3) When eligible, based on degrees and post-graduate work experience (i.e. 4 years post-graduation), most graduates who pursue applicable certification in occupational health and safety (i.e. CIH; CSP; CHMM) will pass. The program is designed to educate and train 15-20 full-time (FT) or part-time (PT) students (~8 FTE) per year, with funding requested for the FT equivalent of 5 NIOSH trainees per year. Because the applicants to our Program are usually employed full-time and our classes are offered in the evenings and Saturdays, the NIOSH originally allowed us to award the scholarships to both FT and PT students. Since the last round of TPG funding (2009-2014) of the Program by NIOSH/CDC, the program has graduated 25 industrial hygienists (25/5=5/yr); 15 of those (60%; 3/yr), FT or PT, have been awarded scholarship from the funding. The program expects 16-17 IH students to be enrolled in the Program during the Fall semester 2014. As documented in this application, the IH program (a core discipline) at the University of Toledo has filled a critical gap in the Northwest Ohio workforce needs. .

 描述（由申请人提供）：职业健康科学硕士学位-工业卫生计划（MSOH-IH）最初成立于1985年，目前由托莱多大学健康科学校区医学与生命科学学院公共卫生和预防医学系提供。该IH计划自1996年以来一直获得应用科学认证委员会-工程和技术认证委员会（ASAC-ABET）的完整（6年）周期认证;最后一个周期批准为2014-2020年。该计划的主要目标是为全日制和非全日制研究生和公众提供硕士水平的教育和培训，以提高他们对职业健康和安全科学，实践和研究的进步所必需的知识，理解，技能和态度。这是通过理论，实践和应用（即基于案例;基于问题）的课堂，实验室和实地教学和研究活动的结合来实现的。该计划教育和培训主要来自西北俄亥俄州地区的个人。反过来，毕业生被雇用为该地区的职业健康和安全专家。此外，该计划接受来自该地区以外的学生，一些校友在美国，加拿大和中东国家的其他地区就业。工业卫生计划采用了ABET定义的“计划教育目标”，即“什么样的程序毕业生将有资格在毕业时实践，什么样的毕业生将能够实现（如认证;高级学位;工作晋升）毕业后几年。MSOH-IH计划的三个“计划教育目标”是：（1）所有毕业生都有望有资格实践“综合工业卫生”。“（2）大多数毕业生应在工业卫生领域或环境和/或职业健康与安全的相关领域工作，以满足雇主的相关和适当需求。(3)当符合条件时，根据学位和研究生工作经验（即毕业后4年），大多数追求职业健康和安全（即CIH; CSP; CHMM）适用认证的毕业生将通过。该计划旨在每年教育和培训15-20名全日制（FT）或兼职（PT）学生（约8名FTE），每年为5名NIOSH学员提供相当于FT的资金。由于我们计划的申请人通常是全职工作，我们的课程在晚上和星期六提供，NIOSH最初允许我们向FT和PT学生颁发奖学金。自NIOSH/CDC上一轮TPG资助（2009-2014）以来，该计划已毕业25名工业企业家（25/5=5/年）;其中15名（60%; 3/年），FT或PT，已获得奖学金。该计划预计16-17 IH学生将在2014年秋季学期期间参加该计划。正如本申请中所记录的，托莱多大学的IH项目（一门核心学科）填补了俄亥俄州西北部劳动力需求的一个关键空白。.