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

 描述(由申请人提供)：职业健康理学硕士学位-工业卫生项目((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院和生命科学学院公共卫生和预防医学系提供。自1996年以来，该IH项目一直获得美国应用科学认证委员会-工程与技术认证委员会(ASAC-ABET)的完整(6年)周期的认证；最后一个周期被批准为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，目的是增加他们的知识、理解力、技能和态度，这对促进职业健康和安全科学、实践和研究至关重要。这是通过理论、实践和应用(即以案例为基础的；以问题为基础的)课堂、实验室和实地教学和研究活动相结合的方式实现的。该计划主要教育和培训来自俄亥俄西北部地区的个人。反过来，毕业生在该地区被聘为职业健康和安全专家。此外，该项目接受来自该地区以外的学生，一些校友受雇于美国、加拿大和中东国家的其他地区。工业卫生计划采用了Abet对“计划教育目标”的定义，即“计划毕业生在毕业时将有资格从事哪些工作，以及大多数毕业生在毕业几年后将能够达到的水平(例如，认证、高级学位、工作晋升)。”MSOH-IH项目的三个“项目教育目标”是：(1)所有II毕业生都应具备实践“综合工业卫生”的资格。(2)大多数毕业生应在工业卫生领域或环境和/或职业健康与安全相关领域执业，并满足其雇主的相关和适当的需求。(3)根据学位和毕业后的工作经验(即毕业后4年)，符合资格的大部分毕业生如果攻读适用的职业健康和安全证书(即CIH、CSP和CHMM)，将会通过。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(~8 FTE)，要求为FT相当于每年5名NIOSH实习生提供资金。由于我们项目的申请者通常是全职的，我们的课程在晚上和周六提供，NIOSH最初允许我们向FT和PT学生颁发奖学金。自NIOSH/CDC对该项目的上一轮TPG资助(2009-2014)以来，该项目已从25名工业卫生师毕业(25/5=5/年)；其中15名(60%；3/年)获得了该基金的奖学金。该计划预计2014年秋季学期将有16-17名IH学生报名参加该计划。如本申请所述，托莱多大学的IH项目(一个核心学科)填补了俄亥俄州西北部劳动力需求的一个关键缺口。。

 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. .