title: Teaching occupational health to physicians.
abstract: A comprehensive training program for physicians interested in occupational health is presented. The objectives are to prepare students to identify and prevent occupational disease, with an emphasis on the development of a public health perspective. Seven content areas are described: epidemiology and biostatistics, toxicology, industrial hygiene, safety and ergonomics, policy issues, administration, and clinical aspects. These are organized in a matrix to provide appropriate levels of training for medical students, resident physicians, and general practioners as well as physicians seeking specialty training.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008404:Massachusetts; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014116:Toxicology / Q000193:education