Course Description

Course Overview

This course

• provides a weekly seminar setting for presentations and discussions regarding a wide range of occupational and environmental health topics.
• will emphasize current issues and real world situations faced in the practice of environmental and occupational health.
• will feature critical reading of the literature.
• will include didactic presentations with discussion, student-led case/situation presentations followed by topical discussion, and journal club.

The course is designed to meet the needs of trainees in

• occupational medicine
• industrial hygiene
• occupational health nursing
• toxicology trainees

The topics of this course will:

• be organized to achieve a core curriculum that does not repeat over a two-year period, so students may take multiple quarters of the course.
• include emerging occupational and environmental health issues and issues in administration of environmental/occupational health programs.
• emphasize on issues which foster multidisciplinary interaction between occupational/environmental health professionals (if students from multiple disciplines are enrolled).

Goals:

This course is designed to ensure that, upon completion of the occupational medicine training program, fellows have received information regarding a wide variety of topics important to the practice of environmental and occupational health [1].

Registering for the course

Students may register for 1-6 quarters for the course in any sequence; no more than 12 credits can be earned for taking it. Students may register for the course on a graded or credit/no credit basis. OEMP fellows are expected to attend and participate in six quarters of the seminar (regardless of registration status).

Contacting your instructor

E-mail is used for communication regarding this course. Students are responsible for ensuring that their correct e-mail address is on file, and for informing the instructor if unable to use either electronic medium.

1. Topics selected for this course include those considered mandatory for Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine) Residencies by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (see www.acgme.org), selected core competencies in OEM as determined by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (see www.acoem.org/paprguid/guides/comp.htm), and those considered of high priority by current fellows and faculty and recently graduated fellows. IH and OHN faculty were also consulted in this process

Course Format

The course consists of 9 sessions this quarter. Sessions will be in one of several formats:

• Lecture/discussion. These will consist of a focussed presentation on a subject of general interest in occupational and environmental health, followed by discussion. Some of these will be faculty-led (including guest faculty), and some will be led by students.
• Case/situation presentation and discussion. Similar to lecture/discussion, but organized around a case or situation from a practice situation.
• Journal club (once per month). These will consist of two or three articles. These may either be around a selected theme, or chosen from the most recent literature from selected journals. A student will lead the journal club.
• Research presentation. Faculty or student presentation on research they are conducting, either as a "research in progress" session or at the conclusion of research.
• Other Presentations. At least twice per month there will be the opportunity for brief presentations of interesting or illustrative cases seen in the practice setting, at a time to be determined. This is currently planned from 3:00-3:30 in the same room; this time and location may be subject to change. Each presentation should be made in less than five minutes, and there will be a short opportunity for discussion of the case. Case presentations should be made with full awareness of the audience. Speak to Stacey Newsom if you are interested in participating in these sessions.

Requirements

1. Class presentations. Each student will play a principal role in class presentations once or twice each quarter. If class registration is of sufficient magnitude, student groups will conduct these presentations.

2. Class attendance and participation. Students should come to the seminar prepared, and participate in the discussion. If readings are assigned for a session, these assignments should be read in advance and students should be able to discuss the material.

3. Examination. There will be no examination.

Evaluation and Grading

This course is offered on both a graded and credit/no credit basis. The "A" sections are graded. The expected student contribution to the course is identical whichever grading status is chosen.