University of Miami, Occupational Safety and Health Training, Final Performance Report

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• Personal Author:
  Khalil TM
• Description:
  The University of Miami developed a training program in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety in order to train professionals in this field. The training program consists of a 36 hour Master's degree program in the Department of Industrial Engineering. The program includes 33 semester credit hours of course work and 3 hours of internship in an industrial or health care related facility. Research areas included musculoskeletal injuries, occupational stress, and design for older workers and special populations. Recent faculty publications were listed. The program was deemed to be successful in attracting and training a number of highly qualified individuals in the field. The program also attracted and trained students not funded by NIOSH traineeships. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Industrial-design Job-stress Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Cooperative-Agreement Occupational-safety-programs Safety-research; Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235934
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-162382
• Citation:
  The Graduate School, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 1997 Feb; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Graduate School, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
• End Date:
  19960630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e9e6aaabe9f640194ae48717e4b3a2bb056cf3073f4790b546a902bb3dbfb5119fffb754af752d63aacb6a552e0bc6559cadcee6250184438f7a5035d4a4d53f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217900/cdc_217900_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 562.11 KB ]