Career paths in occupational medicine

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• Personal Author:
  Bontemps J ; Elashoff D ; Harber P ; Liu Y ; Saechao K ; Wu S
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To describe career path patterns for occupational medicine (OM) physicians. METHODS: A convenience sample of 129 occupational physicians described work activities and locations at several career points up to 20 years ago, first OM position, and 10 years after expectations. RESULTS: Clinical activities were important throughout (eg, 41% and 46% of occupational physicians reported frequently treating patients 20 years ago and currently). Practice locations changed more markedly, with increased multisite clinics and hospital/medical center-based practices. Performing mainly clinical activities in a first job increased from 82% to 97% over the past 20 years. Career transitions between clinical and nonclinical roles were common (40% of participants). Many anticipate transition to nonclinical work over 10 years. CONCLUSIONS: Activities have not fundamentally changed, but practice locations have evolved. Both clinical and management activities remain important, and path to managerial positions increasingly begins in clinical practice. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Education
  • Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services
  • Health Personnel
  • Men
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Women
• Keywords:
  • Medical-services
  • Training
  • Education
  • Physicians
  • Humans
  • Men
  • Women
  • Medical-facilities
  • Medical-personnel
  • Questionnaires
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042608
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Nov; 54(11):1324-1329
• Contact Point Address:
  Philip Harber, Community, Environment, and Policy Division, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724
• Email:
  pharber@email.arizona.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194778/cdc_194778_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 98.20 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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