Occupational Health Internship Program

描述(由申请者提供)：我们的计划目标是通过在8周的暑期期间丰富经验(职业健康实习计划-OHIP)，增加职业健康专业中代表不足的少数族裔(URM)的数量。OHIP计划旨在与NIOSH ERCs和TPGs合作并支持其目标，以增加参加培训计划的学生的多样性。我们的丰富经验是为那些正在考虑公共卫生职业，但还不熟悉作为职业选择的职业卫生专业的学生设计的。我们的目标是为这些学生提供一个基于经验的学习机会，激励他们通过职业健康专业的研究生课程继续他们的学术培训。我们的目标是三年级或四年级的本科生，尚未开始研究生学位课程的学士毕业生，以及正在考虑进行额外学术培训的研究生。我们的计划是基于这样一个概念，即8周的经验可以作为一个重要因素，帮助学生在职业健康专业中追求职业生涯。每个OHIP学员都将了解：健康和安全危害在决定工人和整个社区的健康方面的重要性；劳动力性质的变化和设计特定健康和安全计划以满足特定工人群体需求的重要性；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危害方面的作用。参与式研究模式被用作我们课程设计的中心范式，我们确保学员根据工人的需求设计和实施他们的项目。我们依靠工人和/或社区组织为受训者和工人/工作场所之间提供联系，并要求我们的学生完成一个具有特定时间表和产品的8周计划。通过实验学习和指导，我们希望帮助NIOSH招收URM学生进入职业健康专业。OHIP计划应被视为确保国家职业卫生专业人员队伍多样性的总体战略计划的一个方面。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): Our program goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in the occupational health professions through an enrichment experience over an 8-week summer period (Occupational Health Internship Program - OHIP). The OHIP program is designed to collaborate with and support the goals of the NIOSH ERCs and TPGs to increase the diversity of students who enter their training programs. Our enrichment experience is designed for students who are considering a public health career, but who are not yet familiar with the occupational health professions as a career option. Our goal is to provide these students with an experienced-based learning opportunity that motivates and inspires them to continue their academic training through graduate programs in the occupational health professions. We target third or fourth year undergraduate students, bachelors graduates who have not yet embarked on a graduate degree program, and graduate students who are considering additional academic training. Our program is based on the concept that an 8-week experience can serve as an important factor in assisting students to pursue a career in the occupational health professions. Each of the OHIP trainees will gain an understanding of the: importance of health and safety hazards in determining the health of workers and the general community; changing nature of the workforce and importance of designing specific health and safety programs to meet the needs of specific worker groups; and role of occupational health and safety professionals in reducing workplace health and safety hazards The participatory research model is used as a central paradigm in the design of our curriculum, and we ensure that trainees design and implement their projects based on the needs of workers. We rely on worker and/or community organizations to provide the linkage between the trainees and the worker/workplace, and require our students to complete a structured 8-week program with specific timetables and products. Through experimental learning and mentorship, we expect to assist NIOSH in recruiting URM students into the occupational health professions. The OHIP program should be considered one aspect of an overall strategic plan for ensuring diversity in the nations' occupational health professional workforce.