TY - JOUR
T1 - Value of occupational medicine board certification
AU - Harber, Philip
AU - Wu, Samantha
AU - Bontemps, Johnny
AU - Rose, Sasha
AU - Saechao, Kaochoy
AU - Liu, Yihang
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Objective: To assess the impact of occupational medicine board certification and career stage on practice characteristics. Methods: Two hundred sixty occupational medicine physicians completed a questionnaire and 25 activity log descriptions about 72 items in 9 major domains. For each item, the percentage of activities involving the item and the percentage of physicians conducting the item at least once were calculated. Results were analyzed by board certification status and career stage. Results: Board-certified physicians had more-diverse practice activities and skills. They were more involved in management and public health-oriented activities, with greater emphasis on toxicology and less on musculoskeletal disorders. The noncertified physicians received more payment from workers' compensation. Early-career physicians spent more time in direct injury/illness treatment, being paid by workers' compensation, and addressing musculoskeletal problems. Conclusions: Formal training confers advantages in practice diversity and population medicine orientation.
AB - Objective: To assess the impact of occupational medicine board certification and career stage on practice characteristics. Methods: Two hundred sixty occupational medicine physicians completed a questionnaire and 25 activity log descriptions about 72 items in 9 major domains. For each item, the percentage of activities involving the item and the percentage of physicians conducting the item at least once were calculated. Results were analyzed by board certification status and career stage. Results: Board-certified physicians had more-diverse practice activities and skills. They were more involved in management and public health-oriented activities, with greater emphasis on toxicology and less on musculoskeletal disorders. The noncertified physicians received more payment from workers' compensation. Early-career physicians spent more time in direct injury/illness treatment, being paid by workers' compensation, and addressing musculoskeletal problems. Conclusions: Formal training confers advantages in practice diversity and population medicine orientation.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31828515b8
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31828515b8
M3 - Article
C2 - 23618887
AN - SCOPUS:84879159568
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 55
SP - 532
EP - 538
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 5
ER -