External practicum-year residency training in occupational and environmental medicine: the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center program

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• Personal Author:
  Emmett, Edward A. ; Green-McKenzie J
• Description:
  We describe a competency-based training program that allows physicians employed full-time in occupational and environmental medicine to satisfy the supervised practicum year of training required by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM). The program is designed for trainees with greater clinical experience than the 1 clinical year required by the ABPM. To date, 25 physicians from clinic-based, academic, corporate, and government employment across most geographic regions of the United States have been admitted into the program. Most completed a master's in public health (MPH) in a distance-learning, on-job, on-campus, or executive program. The practicum- year training has been highly successful, as evidenced by improvements in resident self-assessment of competency, resident satisfaction with the training, faculty evaluation of resident performance, and success rate in the ABPM examination. The program has opened a new pathway for physicians making a mid-career shift to occupational and environmental medicine to obtain high-quality, in-depth education and board certification. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Environmental-medicine Health-care-personnel Medical-personnel Occupational-medicine Occupational-medicine-programs Physicians Preventive-medicine Teaching Training
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038204
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2001 May; 43(5):501-511
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Edward A. Emmett, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Occupational Medicine, GR Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ddfb969968c923a72ffa4564f6ce8937725a427370e6a07d70ce1b8cd7630a595fe26d12174fb4c327221dc7e0c727621b80fadb900545aea5c39b383ff1f88
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191984/cdc_191984_DS1.pdf
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