Occupational medicine practice: one specialty or three

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• Personal Author:
  Bontemps J ; Elashoff D ; Harber P ; Liu Y ; Rose S ; Saechao K ; Wu S
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To characterize education, practice, and skills of occupational physicians and to evaluate subgroups within the profession. METHODS: The data for the baseline surveys of the occupational medicine practice research project were collected for a national sample of occupational physicians using paper or on-line instruments. Three subgroups were defined a priori-injury care, clinical specialist, and management/population. RESULTS: Occupational medicine seems to include three distinct subgroups, which differ in characteristics such as patient volume, relevant clinical skills, and income source. Nevertheless, many commonalities were present across all three groups, such as emphasis on communication, OSHA, and workers compensation. Musculoskeletal and workers compensation care were most important, although there were highly significant differences among the three subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: Planning for education, certification, and organization of services should acknowledge the distinctions among the three subgroups. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Demography Education Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Demographic-characteristics Doctors Educational-resource-centers Medical-care Medical-personnel Medical-research Medical-services Medical-treatment Occupational-health Occupational-health-programs Occupational-medicine-programs Occupational-safety-programs Occupations Physicians Work-analysis Work-operations Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037801
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2010 Jul; 52(7):672-679
• Contact Point Address:
  Philip Harber, Philip Harber, MD, MPH, UCLA Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10880 Wilshire, No. 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90024
• Email:
  pharber@mednet.ucla.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20110831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:affbbeffd045931aab92ccd14b7077dc6b17398db222f72cb6325a9c48b1b3d3e07bcc6e334dca29c08609e8818842bfd4a4f47e92166120c2fa6e169235062b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191764/cdc_191764_DS1.pdf
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