Occupational Health Crossing Borders-Part 1: Concept, Teaching Methods, and User Evaluation of the First International Summer School in Munich, Germany

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• Personal Author:
  Bigaignon-Cantineau J ; Ehrenstein V ; Fingerhut, Marilyn A. ; Nowak D ; Radon K ; Vellore AD
• Description:
  Background: Occupational health and safety (OHS) is relevant for occupational health professionals (OHP) throughout the world. However training opportunities are often limited and exchange between OHP from industrialized and developing countries is sparse. We aimed to contribute to the international exchange of OHP through a 2-week summer school program. Methods: Twenty-three OHP from I I countries participated. Teaching methods included interactive lectures, participants' presentations, case-based e-learning, enterprise visits, and hands-on sessions. After completion, participants evaluated the course. Results: OHS systems of 18 different countries were presented using the same set of clinical cases as a starting point. Opportunities and challenges in the different OHS systems were considered. On median, participants rated the course as excellent and totally agreed that it will help them in their daily work. Conclusions: An international summer school teaching basic aspects of different OHS systems is a useful tool for training and exchange at the global level. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Health Promotion Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Health Developed Countries Developing Countries Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Health-programs Health-standards Health-surveys International Educational Exchange Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs Occupational Accidents Racial-factors Teaching Training Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035977
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2009 Oct; 52(10):774-781
• Contact Point Address:
  Katja Radon, Unit for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology & Net Teaching, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occup., Social and Environ. Med., Clinical Centre of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Ziemssenstr 1, D-80336 Munich, Germany
• Email:
  katja.radon@med.lmu.de
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0273f9f3d3a3283b0275e52fb00edf8a7a3eccb01be1d7558b76bdce779e0367d389c021d5a1e546764c300715e53dbf594d445f7b0e7c371af5ce4930b02e77
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187618/cdc_187618_DS1.pdf
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