Value of occupational medicine board certification

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• Personal Author:
  Bontemps J ; Harber P ; Liu Y ; Rose S ; Saechao K ; Wu S
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of occupational medicine board certification and career stage on practice characteristics. METHODS: Two hundred sixty occupational medicine physicians completed a questionnaire and 25 activity log descriptions about 72 items in 9 major domains. For each item, the percentage of activities involving the item and the percentage of physicians conducting the item at least once were calculated. Results were analyzed by board certification status and career stage. RESULTS: Board-certified physicians had more-diverse practice activities and skills. They were more involved in management and public health-oriented activities, with greater emphasis on toxicology and less on musculoskeletal disorders. The noncertified physicians received more payment from workers' compensation. Early-career physicians spent more time in direct injury/illness treatment, being paid by workers' compensation, and addressing musculoskeletal problems. CONCLUSIONS: Formal training confers advantages in practice diversity and population medicine orientation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Men Occupational Health Public Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women
• Keywords:
  Humans Medical-personnel Physicians Public-health Questionnaires Statistical-analysis
• 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:
  55
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043756
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2013 May; 55(5):532-538
• Contact Point Address:
  Philip Harber, MD, MPH, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Medical Research Bldg, Room 112, 1656 E Mabel St, Tucson, AZ 85719
• 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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195576/cdc_195576_DS1.pdf
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