INNOVATIVE TRAINING FOR OCCUP MEDICINE RESIDENTS IN NON-URBAN & AG SETTINGS

非城市职业医学居民创新培训

• 批准号: 7619547
• 负责人: JEFFREY L. LEVIN
• 金额: $ 14.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH CTR AT TYLER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7619547
• 关键词: INNOVATIVE; TRAINING; OCCUP; MEDICINE; RESIDENTS

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): Despite centuries of recognition of the contribution of workplace factors to human health, disease, injury, disability, and death, occupational medicine remains an obscure specialty within the health care community. Following passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, there was a rise in the number of accredited residency training programs in occupational medicine, reaching a peak in the mid-90s. Since then, the number of such programs has declined rapidly by almost 25 percent in spite of a recognized shortfall of physicians with formalized training in this area. Rural communities in particular often lack the infrastructure for developing and sustaining a preventive approach to occupational disease and injury especially for specific work sectors such as agriculture and where the hired workforce may constitute the majority of employees. The objective of this proposal to improve public health will be to seek support from NIOSH not only for sustaining and increasing the number of occupational medicine trained physicians, but also to bring a dimension of training which concentrates on the occupational health needs of the rural workforce with special emphasis on agriculture. Specific aims for this training project are to: 1. sustain and. improve the supply of qualified physicians, with specific competency skills, needed to address occupational health concerns in non-urban areas. 2. increase the number of occupational medicine residency graduates with training in agricultural occupational health regionally (Texas). 3. increase training opportunities in agricultural occupational health in 4 other U.S. Public Health regions, through appropriate clinical rotations and field experiences. 4. enhance occupational medicine resident understanding of responsible and culturally appropriate research activities through formal instructional tools, awareness of current research activities, and creation of opportunities for participation in research projects sponsored by the NIOSH Agricultural Centers. 5. nurture partnerships for interdisciplinary clinical experience between regional accredited occupational medicine residency programs and community/migrant health centers through collaboration with the National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH).

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管几个世纪以来人们都认识到工作场所因素对人类健康、疾病、伤害、残疾和死亡的影响，但职业医学在卫生保健界仍然是一个鲜为人知的专业。随着1970年《职业安全与健康法》的通过，职业医学领域获得认可的住院医师培训项目的数量有所增加，在90年代中期达到顶峰。从那时起，尽管在这一领域接受过正规培训的医生数量不足，但这类项目的数量迅速下降了近25%。特别是农村社区，往往缺乏制定和维持预防职业病和伤害的基础设施，特别是在农业等特定工作部门，在这些部门，雇佣劳动力可能占雇员的大多数。这项改善公共卫生的建议的目标是寻求NIOSH的支持，不仅要维持和增加受过职业医学培训的医生的数量，而且要增加一个培训层面，以农村劳动力的职业卫生需求为重点，特别强调农业。本培训项目的具体目标是：1。维持和。改善具有特定能力技能的合格医生的供应，以解决非城市地区的职业健康问题。2. 增加区域农业职业卫生培训的职业医学住院医师毕业生人数（德克萨斯州）。3. 通过适当的临床轮岗和实地经验，在美国其他4个公共卫生地区增加农业职业健康培训机会。4. 通过正式的教学工具，提高职业医学住院医师对负责任和文化上适当的研究活动的理解，了解当前的研究活动，并创造参与NIOSH农业中心赞助的研究项目的机会。通过与国家农场工人健康中心（NCFH）的合作，在地区认可的职业医学住院医师项目和社区/移民健康中心之间培养跨学科临床经验的伙伴关系。