Meharry Occupational Medicine Residency Training Program

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• Personal Author:
  Aliyu M ; Ogunde B ; O'Hara H
• Description:
  Meharry Medical College's Occupational Medicine Residency program has greatly benefited from the funding provided by NIOSH. Since the inception of the grant in 2008, NIOSH has supported the ability for the OM program to continue achieving the overarching goal of this opportunity. The mission of the residency which is to increase the number of quality, highly trained and board-certified physicians in Occupational Medicine. This goal is paramount in the ability to meet the supply needs of the U.S. workforce noting that OM physicians are uniquely qualified to ensure the health of the workers is optimized through a wide variety of preventive, acute and chronic care modalities. Since the last funding cycle, the OM residency has been able to maintain training of the full quota of six residents per year and graduate between three to four residents annually. A total of 24 residents were enrolled in the residency program since 2016. During this time, 21 residents have successfully completed the residency program, with the remaining three on track to complete their training in July of 2022 (n=1) and June of 2023 (n=2), respectively. During this funding cycle, the residency was required to complete their ACGME self-study. From this evaluation, the residency revised its mission and developed aims that continue to focus on the production of occupational medicine specialists, as well as ensuring the safety and wellbeing of workers in the society as a whole. The aims that the program has outlined to meet the mission and advance the training opportunities and skills of residents are: 1. Recruit qualified physicians who exhibit a commitment to careers in occupational and environmental medicine; 2. Prepare physicians who will promote the health and safety of workers, workplaces and environments, with an emphasis on underserved populations; 3. Design residency experiences that prepare residents to prevent occupational and environmental diseases; 4. Produce physicians who can diagnose and appropriately treat occupational injuries and diseases; 5. Develop physicians who are able to administer occupational and environmental health programs for unions, industry, government, and academic entities; and are active in the development of scientific, legal, political, and ethical questions, practices and discovery of the field; 6. Identify and incorporate methods that support physician resilience and mitigate burnout; 7. Support a learning environment that is conducive to attaining the competencies necessary to be a qualified occupational medicine physician and pass the ABPM certification exam on first attempt. These aims were directly influenced by the Total Worker Health Model. The development of residents who are able to understand the importance of how work and community influence their own health, as well as the health of workers in other industries provides an opportunity for residents to lead by example and be advocates for work environments that support worker health and productivity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Environmental Medicine Occupational Medicine Physicians Total Worker Health Training TWH
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 4 ; Tennessee
• 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:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066954
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T03-OH-009406, 2022 Nov; :1-15
• Contact Point Address:
  Bolanle Ogunde, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Director, Occupational Medicine Residency Program, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B.Todd Jr Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20080701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219178/cdc_219178_DS1.pdf
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