Clinical activities in an academic hospital-based occupational medicine program.
OBJECTIVE
The objectives of this article are to characterize the clinical activities encountered by a large academic hospital-based occupational medicine program and to discuss their implications for occupational medicine residency training and the training of practicing physicians.


METHODS
Clinical activities from July 1, 1996, to December 31, 2004, were retrieved from computerized databases and categorized. All morbidity coding was performed using the same classification scheme and resource.


RESULTS
The largest volume of clinical activities included patients seen for physical examinations, work-related injury and illness care, and substance abuse testing. The most frequently encountered workers' compensation cases were musculoskeletal.


CONCLUSIONS
Although medical surveillance examinations, toxic exposure assessments, and other specialty services were available, the demand for such services was relatively low.
Barron
Bruce A
BA
Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642-8654, USA. bruce_barron@urmc.rochester.edu
Beckett
William S
WS
Utell
Mark J
MJ
D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009518:New York; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000145:classification; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education