A New Multidisciplinary Training Approach to Advance OS&H Practice in WNY

描述（由申请人提供）：项目摘要这个职业安全与健康（OS&H）培训计划的具体目标是提供一个有效的多学科培训OS&H的经验，为四个不同的学术部门的硕士水平的研究生，以显着加强和增加西部纽约（WNY）OS&H从业人员通过课程，实践培训和研究经验的池。该计划将为学员提供OS&H的集中，同时获得SUNY布法罗大学工业与系统工程，社会和预防医学，康复科学和药理学和毒理学系的研究生学位。来自各部门的受训人员完成职业安全与健康，工业卫生和流行病学相同的3门必修核心课程，以及通过毒理学研究中心内的大学大西洋OSHA培训中心进行为期4天的OS&H标准培训课程。此外，来自所有学科的学员参加一个期刊俱乐部，并参加安全专业会议。调查，课程成绩和职业跟踪被用来评估该计划的有效性。建议的培训计划的优点是：1。它在WNY 2的其他任何地方都没有提供的新教育计划中教授伤害预防，流行病学和工业卫生的核心能力。参与该计划的MS学生来自多个部门，以更好地反映WNY OS&H从业者背景的全面多样性。3.它利用现有的课程，并从高质量的研究生水平的程序，有OS&H的既定的跟踪记录。4.该计划的跨学科性质允许学员一起学习，以获得应对当今OS&H挑战所需的知识广度。5.在学期长的课程中使用的各种教育方法，OSHA培训课程，期刊俱乐部，以及与OS&H专业人员的互动提供了一个独特的学习机会，旨在鼓励学员的入学和保留。6.通过参与部门教师之间现有的教学和研究合作，确保培训保持凝聚力。7.学员通过与已经建立的行业和专业安全组织的合作关系获得OS&H现场经验。8.毕业生在研究和实践方面都受过良好的教育，并有足够的准备工作对careerasCSP <$1/2 orlH/CIH相关性WNY在制造业，农业和服务相关行业，有很高的伤害率和疾病，但很少有机会存在的个人谁想要追求研究生教育OS&H在这个国家的地区。该培训计划旨在加强专业知识，增加WNY合格OS&H专业人员的数量，以更充分地保护其员工。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): Project Summary The specific aim of this occupational safety and health (OS&H) training program is to provide an effective multidisciplinary training OS&H experience for Master's level graduate students of four different academic departments in order to significantly strengthen and increase the pool of Western New York (WNY) OS&H practitioners through coursework, practical training and research experiences. The program will provide trainees with a concentration in OS&H while obtaining a graduate degree from the Departments of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Social and Preventive Medicine, Rehabilitation Science and Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Trainees from the Departments complete the same 3 required core courses in Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, and Epidemiology, as well as a required 4-day training course in OS&H standards through the University's Atlantic OSHA Training Center within the Toxicology Research Center. Additionally, trainees from all disciplines participate in a journal club and attend safety professional meetings. Surveys, course grades and career tracking are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Advantages of the proposed training program are that: 1. It teaches core competencies in injury prevention, epidemiology and industrial hygiene in a new educational program not offered anywhere else in WNY 2. The MS students who participate in the program come from multiple departments to better reflect the full diversity of backgrounds of OS&H practitioners in WNY. 3. It leverages existing coursework and from high quality graduate level programs that have an established track record of OS&H. 4. The interdisciplinary nature of the program allows trainees to learn together in order to gain the breadth of knowledge necessary to address today's OS&H challenges. 5. A variety of educational approaches used in the semester long courses, OSHA training course, journal club, and interacting with OS&H professionals provide a unique learning opportunity designed to encourage enrollment and retention among trainees. 6. Training is ensured to remain cohesive through existing teaching and research collaborations between faculty in the participating departments. 7. Trainees acquire OS&H field experiences through partnerships with industry and professional safety organizations that have already been established. 8. Graduates are well educated in both research and practice, and are sufficiently prepared to work towards a careerasaCSP¿1/2orlH/CIH Relevance WNY has significant workforces in manufacturing, agricultural and service-related industries that have high rates of injuries and illness but very few opportunities exist for individuals who want to pursue graduate education in OS&H in this region of the country. This training program is designed specifically to strengthen the expertise and increase the pool of qualified OS&H professionals in WNY in order to more adequately protect its workforces.