TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational medicine practice
T2 - One specialty or three?
AU - Harber, Philip
AU - Rose, Sasha
AU - Bontemps, Johnny
AU - Saechao, Kaochoy
AU - Liu, Yihang
AU - Elashoff, David
AU - Wu, Samantha
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grant 5 R01 OH008647 from CDC/NIOSH.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Objective: To characterize education, practice, and skills of occupational physicians and to evaluate subgroups within the profession. Methods: The data for the baseline surveys of the occupational medicine practice research project were collected for a national sample of occupational physicians using paper or on-line instruments. Three subgroups were defined a priori-injury care, clinical specialist, and management/population. Results: Occupational medicine seems to include three distinct subgroups, which differ in characteristics such as patient volume, relevant clinical skills, and income source. Nevertheless, many commonalities were present across all three groups, such as emphasis on communication, OSHA, and workers compensation. Musculoskeletal and workers compensation care were most important, although there were highly significant differences among the three subgroups. Conclusions: Planning for education, certification, and organization of services should acknowledge the distinctions among the three subgroups.
AB - Objective: To characterize education, practice, and skills of occupational physicians and to evaluate subgroups within the profession. Methods: The data for the baseline surveys of the occupational medicine practice research project were collected for a national sample of occupational physicians using paper or on-line instruments. Three subgroups were defined a priori-injury care, clinical specialist, and management/population. Results: Occupational medicine seems to include three distinct subgroups, which differ in characteristics such as patient volume, relevant clinical skills, and income source. Nevertheless, many commonalities were present across all three groups, such as emphasis on communication, OSHA, and workers compensation. Musculoskeletal and workers compensation care were most important, although there were highly significant differences among the three subgroups. Conclusions: Planning for education, certification, and organization of services should acknowledge the distinctions among the three subgroups.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e36472
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e36472
M3 - Article
C2 - 20595920
AN - SCOPUS:77954951672
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 52
SP - 672
EP - 679
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 7
ER -