The Future of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 12 2022
01 12 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
13
8
2022
medline:
15
12
2022
entrez:
12
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) is an ACGME-accredited preventive medicine specialty focused on work as a social determinant of health and population health. OEM providers recognize and mitigate workplace and environmental hazards, treat resultant injuries and illnesses, and promote the health, wellness and resiliency of workers and communities. Multidisciplinary residency training in clinical medicine, epidemiology, public and population health, toxicology, exposure and risk assessment, and emergency preparedness equips them with the skill set needed for leadership roles in diverse settings. These include clinical practice, academia, corporate settings, and governmental agencies. Despite robust job opportunities, a shortage of formally trained OEM physicians remains and is expected to worsen given a declining number of training programs. We examine root causes of the system-level issues impacting the supply of OEM physicians and potential solutions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35960857
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002676
pii: 00043764-202212000-00023
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e857-e863Subventions
Organisme : NIOSH CDC HHS
ID : T42 OH008412
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
ACOEM requires all substantive contributors to its documents to disclose any potential competing interests, which are carefully considered. ACOEM emphasizes that the judgmentsexpressed herein represent the best available evidence at the time of publication and shall be considered the position of ACOEM and not the individual opinions of contributing authors.The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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