Toxicology Education Summit

毒理学教育峰会

• 批准号: 8256678
• 负责人: Aaron Barchowsky
• 金额: $ 0.4万
• 依托单位: SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8256678
• 关键词: Academia; Adverse effects; Advisory Committees; American; Awareness; Baltimore; Biological Products; Chemicals; Communication; Complex; Continuing Education; Development; Discipline; Ecosystem; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Engineering; Environmental Health; Environmental Risk Factor; Exposure to; Foundations; Future; Goals; Government; Government Agencies; Graduate Education; Health; Health Policy; Industry; Journals; Knowledge; Life; Medical; Mission; Modeling; Needs Assessment; Online Systems; Organism; Outcome; Paper; Participant; Policies; Public Health; Publications; Recommendation; Recruitment Activity; Resource Development; Resources; Risk; Science; Societies; Source; Strategic Planning; Students; Suggestion; Technology; Toxic effect; Toxicology; Training; Training and Education; Ursidae Family; Work; anthropogenesis; career; career development; design; hazard; innovation; instrument; interest; meetings; member; multidisciplinary; prevent; programs; public health relevance; response; science education

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Toxicology is a discipline and profession that is dedicated to identifying the adverse effects of chemical, physical or biological agents on living organisms and the ecosystem, and to prevent and ameliorate such adverse effects. As with many other scientific disciplines and professions, toxicology and careers in toxicology are undergoing rapid and dramatic changes as new discoveries, technologies, and hazards advance at a blinding rate. There are new demands on toxicologists to keep pace with expanding global economies, global threats to public health, and ever evolving complex hazards that pose health risks. These demands must be met with new paradigms for multidisciplinary, technologically complex, and collaborative approaches that require advanced and continued education in toxicology and associated disciplines. This requires paradigm shifts in educational programs that both support development and training of the modern toxicologist and allows retraining of the midcareer professional to keep pace sustaining careers in industry, government, and academia. In addition, there is a national need to recruit students into the sciences in general and toxicology specifically to advance the discipline and stimulate innovation in the field. The Society of Toxicology (SOT) is the leading professional association of toxicologists whose mission is to create a safer and healthier world by advancing the science and knowledge of toxicology. Key foundations of this mission are education in toxicology and the recruitment of students and new members into the profession, as well as serving the educational needs of members in a diverse array of professional applications of the discipline. In response to concerns of industry, governmental, and academic leaders, as well as a professional needs assessment of SOT members, the SOT Education Committee, Career Resources and Development Committee and the Professional Needs Assessment Task Force organized a Toxicology Educational Summit. The primary objective of this summit is to conduct a significant discussion of the current state of toxicology education and educational programs with the goal of identifying strategic initiatives for supporting the educational needs of all toxicologists that include cradle-to-grave career development options. These options should insure the strength of the pipeline of future toxicologists, the sustainability of the field of toxicology, and professional careers in toxicology. Developing the modern toxicologist will also provide an immense benefit to public and environmental health, as this will advance innovation and application of the most sophisticated knowledge and expertise that can be brought to bear in protecting society from adverse health risks from exposures to hazards. Further, a mission of the Society of Toxicology is to bridge across disciplines to bring knowledge of toxicology and toxicology training to those in other professions who need to be cognizant of materials design that avoids toxicity, produce policy that reduces health risks from exposures, and need to respond to health impacts of or ameliorate exposure risks. The summit will: 1) identify current needs for toxicological content in curricula from undergraduate through graduate education, as well as professional continuing education and retraining; 2) present the state of current cutting-edge advances in toxicology education, such as those that use new technological models; 3) examine needs for training in toxicology in other professions (e.g., chemists, engineers, and medical professionals); and 4) identify the parties who should be responsible for toxicology training (e.g., industry/academic responsibility), and the potential resources to support toxicology education and training. The expected outcomes of the Toxicology Education Summit include development of strategic plans for SOT to advance educational programming in toxicology that focuses on the critical needs identified in the summit. These advances should include recommendations to other societies (e.g., American Chemical Society), academia, and government agencies for toxicological curricular content that will advance the understanding and practice of toxicology by those in disciplines and professions outside of toxicology. The summit should identify resources that SOT can provide to support the advancement of education and training in toxicology at all levels. Finally, the findings and recommendations generated from the Toxicology Education Summit should be disseminated through a white paper for publication in the leading SOT publication, Toxicological Sciences, and through other appropriate broader scientific journals (e.g. Science, publications of the American Chemical Society, and FASEB). Public Health Relevance: Toxicology is a discipline and profession that is dedicated to identifying the adverse effects of chemical, physical or biological agents on living organisms and the ecosystem, and to prevent and ameliorate such adverse effects. The Toxicology Education Summit is designed to be a significant discussion of the current state of toxicology education and educational programs with the goal of identifying strategic initiatives for supporting the educational needs in toxicology that include cradle-to-grave career development options. These options should insure the strength of the pipeline of future toxicologists, the sustainability of the field of toxicology, and professional careers in toxicology. Developing the modern toxicologist will also provide an immense benefit to public and environmental health, as this will advance innovation and application of the most sophisticated knowledge and expertise that can be brought to bear in protecting society from adverse health risks from exposures to hazards, in increasing public awareness of health risks from environmental and anthropogenic hazards, and in informing better public health policies.

描述（由申请人提供） 毒理学是一门学科和专业，致力于识别化学、物理或生物制剂对生物体和生态系统的不利影响，并预防和改善这种不利影响。 与许多其他科学学科和专业一样，随着新发现、技术和危害以惊人的速度发展，毒理学和毒理学职业正在经历快速而巨大的变化。毒理学家面临着新的要求，需要跟上不断扩张的全球经济、全球公共卫生威胁以及不断变化的构成健康风险的复杂危害。这些要求必须通过多学科、技术复杂和协作方法的新范例来满足，这些方法需要毒理学和相关学科的先进和持续教育。这需要教育计划的范式转变，既支持现代毒理学家的发展和培训，又允许对职业中期专业人员进行再培训，以跟上工业、政府和学术界维持职业生涯的步伐。 此外，国家需要招收普通科学和毒理学专业的学生，​​以推进该学科的发展并刺激该领域的创新。毒理学会 (SOT) 是领先的毒理学家专业协会，其使命是通过推进毒理学科学和知识创造一个更安全、更健康的世界。这一使命的关键基础是毒理学教育、招募该专业的学生和新成员，以及满足该学科各种专业应用成员的教育需求。 为了回应行业、政府和学术领袖的关注，以及SOT会员的专业需求评估，SOT教育委员会、职业资源和发展委员会以及专业需求评估工作组组织了毒理学教育峰会。本次峰会的主要目标是对毒理学教育和教育计划的现状进行重要讨论，目的是确定支持所有毒理学家教育需求的战略举措，包括从摇篮到坟墓的职业发展选择。这些选择应确保未来毒理学家队伍的实力、毒理学领域的可持续性以及毒理学的职业生涯。培养现代毒理学家还将为公众和环境健康带来巨大利益，因为这将促进最先进知识和专业知识的创新和应用，从而保护社会免受危险暴露带来的不利健康风险。此外，毒理学会的使命是跨学科架起桥梁，为其他专业人士带来毒理学知识和毒理学培训，这些专业人士需要了解避免毒性的材料设计，制定减少暴露造成的健康风险的政策，并需要应对暴露风险的健康影响或改善暴露风险。峰会将： 1）确定当前从本科到研究生教育以及专业继续教育和再培训课程中毒理学内容的需求； 2）介绍当前毒理学教育的前沿进展状况，例如使用新技术模型的进展； 3) 检查其他职业（例如化学家、工程师和医疗专业人员）对毒理学培训的需求； 4) 确定应负责毒理学培训的各方（例如行业/学术责任），以及支持毒理学教育和培训的潜在资源。 毒理学教育峰会的预期成果包括制定 SOT 战略计划，以推进毒理学教育规划，重点关注峰会确定的关键需求。这些进步应包括向其他学会（例如美国化学会）、学术界和政府机构提出毒理学课程内容的建议，以促进毒理学以外学科和专业人士对毒理学的理解和实践。峰会应确定 SOT 可以提供的资源，以支持各级毒理学教育和培训的进步。 最后，毒理学教育峰会产生的调查结果和建议应通过白皮书进行传播，并在主要的 SOT 出版物《毒理学科学》上发表，并通过其他适当的更广泛的科学期刊（例如《科学》、美国化学会出版物和 FASEB）进行传播。 公共卫生相关性：毒理学是一门学科和专业，致力于识别化学、物理或生物制剂对生物体和生态系统的不利影响，并预防和改善此类不利影响。毒理学教育峰会旨在对毒理学教育和教育计划的现状进行重要讨论，目的是确定支持毒理学教育需求的战略举措，包括从摇篮到坟墓的职业发展选择。这些选择应确保未来毒理学家队伍的实力、毒理学领域的可持续性以及毒理学的职业生涯。培养现代毒理学家还将为公众和环境健康带来巨大利益，因为这将促进最先进知识和专业知识的创新和应用，这些知识和专业知识可用于保护社会免受危害暴露带来的不利健康风险，提高公众对环境和人为危害造成的健康风险的认识，并为更好的公共卫生政策提供信息。