[New approach to the system of training of medical professionals in the realization of current objectives with regard to workers' health care].

In view of the changes in the health care for workers, there is a need to modify the existing system of training for occupational health care professionals in order to secure successful implementation of the new principles. An activity was undertaken at the Postgraduate Training Unit, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lódź, Poland, to determine new directions, objectives and training curricula in that area. First proposals, based on the review of the new objectives of the occupational health care system and of the presently available staff, concentrate on the indication of three major groups of professionals for which the new training contents should be designed. These three groups include: occupational health care organizers, public health experts and physicians specializing in specific health care for industrial workers.