Burstein J M, Levy B S
Occupational Health Program, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
Am J Public Health. 1994 May;84(5):846-9. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.5.846.
A questionnaire survey of the 127 US medical schools was undertaken to assess the present status of occupational health teaching as a follow-up to two prior similar studies. The present study revealed that 78 (68%) of the 115 responding schools specifically taught occupational health during the 1991/92 academic year, in comparison with 50% in the 1977/78 and 66% in the 1982/83 academic years. The median required curriculum time was 6 hours in 1991/92, as compared with 4 hours in both previous surveys. Despite the increasing recognition of occupational health and growth of information in this field of medicine, occupational health teaching to medical students has not progressed proportionately.
作为此前两项类似研究的后续行动，对127所美国医学院校进行了问卷调查，以评估职业健康教学的现状。当前研究显示，在115所做出回应的院校中，有78所（68%）在1991/92学年专门开设了职业健康课程，相比之下，1977/78学年为50%，1982/83学年为66%。1991/92学年所需课程时间的中位数为6小时，而前两次调查均为4小时。尽管职业健康在医学领域越来越受到重视，相关信息也不断增加，但针对医学生的职业健康教学并未相应地取得进展。
