Watterson A
Department of Adult Education, University of Southampton.
Br J Ind Med. 1990 Jun;47(6):366-71. doi: 10.1136/oem.47.6.366.
Education on occupational medicine is a neglected area in the United Kingdom in terms of resources and staffing. Education on occupational health and safety is even more neglected and education in the workplace on occupational health is most neglected of all. 1944 saw the demise of the Industrial Health Education Society. This society had been established with the explicit aims of educating and informing ordinary shopfloor workers about occupational hazards and how to deal with them. The emphasis was almost exclusively on occupational health and not occupational safety. In this and indeed in several other respects the society was unique. The society functioned effectively between 1924 and 1940. Large numbers of doctors were recruited to give their time and services free to the IHES by talking to workers on occupational health topics. In this manner the society succeeded in attracting many thousands of workers to its meetings and worked without openly alienating employers, trade unions, the government, or the medical profession--a remarkable feat of diplomacy. The strengths and weaknesses of the society are charted as are the themes and issues still relevant in the 1990s. Progress in the 1980s is assessed against the background of the IHES achievements.
在英国，职业医学教育在资源和人员配备方面是一个被忽视的领域。职业健康与安全方面的教育更是被忽视，而工作场所的职业健康教育则是所有这些当中最被忽视的。1944年，工业健康教育协会宣告解散。该协会成立时有着明确的目标，即教育并告知普通车间工人有关职业危害以及如何应对这些危害。其重点几乎完全放在职业健康而非职业安全上。在这一点以及其他几个方面，该协会都是独一无二的。该协会在1924年至1940年间有效运作。招募了大量医生，他们自愿抽出时间并提供服务，就职业健康话题与工人交谈。通过这种方式，该协会成功吸引了成千上万的工人参加其会议，并且在不公开疏远雇主、工会、政府或医学界的情况下开展工作——这是一项非凡的外交成就。文中阐述了该协会的优势与劣势，以及在20世纪90年代仍然相关的主题和问题。对照工业健康教育协会的成就背景，对20世纪80年代的进展进行了评估。
