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Identification of Critical Industry Skills in an Industrial Hygiene Graduate Training Program



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  • Description:
    Graduates of industrial hygiene training (IH) programs must be able to meet continuously evolving health and safety needs in a wide variety of occupational settings. Therefore, academic IH graduate programs must regularly evaluate their curricula and solicit input from industry professionals to make curricular changes that will better prepare their students for professional roles in industry. The purpose of this study was to identify the training gaps that existed between industry needs and the current curriculum for a United States-accredited IH graduate training program. The research team facilitated two group interviews with the IH program advisory board, collected alumni survey data, and performed a qualitative analysis to identify skills gaps/needs for the IH Program graduates. The research team identified 3 themes from participant interviews and alumni surveys (technical, applied, and essential skills) and selected several skills within each theme that interview participants thought were necessary proficiencies for junior IH professionals. The skills identified in the qualitative interview and survey data can be incorporated into the curriculum to improve the training of IH graduate students. Additionally, by using qualitative analysis, the researchers uncovered essential skills previously unidentified in IH needs assessments, providing valuable information for all IH graduate programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    2398-7308
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    427-436
  • Volume:
    68
  • Issue:
    4
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20069368
  • Citation:
    Ann Work Expo Health 2024 May; 68(4):427-436
  • Contact Point Address:
    William J. Brazile, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 1681 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1681
  • Email:
    William.brazile@colostate.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2024
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Colorado, Denver
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20070701
  • Source Full Name:
    Annals of Work Exposures and Health
  • End Date:
    20250630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:47cb6d86e1010994c5097ac7da5a1e3b347c70f9e4c31b062f873dc8a1b5503e65b090853f1c4e7839c87f03960ada95682316210fc9ce457d2685f5937b73c1
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