TY - JOUR
T1 - Training Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residents at the Uniformed Services University
AU - Krahl, Pamela L.
AU - Thomas, Richard J.
AU - Gaydos, Joel C.
AU - Mallon, Timothy M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the support of the Department of Defense for funding this project and the following reviewers: John W. Downs, MD, MPH, Tomoko Hooper, MD, MPH, Jon Jacobson, MD, MPH, Cameron J.L. Nelson, MD, MPH, and William Rice, MD, MPH.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - Objective: To develop an actionable plan to sustain and improve the quality of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residency Program. Methods: Program metrics were collected and analyzed to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis). Results: Program strengths are stable funding, full-time faculty and large class size. Weaknesses are limited toxicology curriculum, and the lack of complex clinical cases. Opportunities include establishing an OEM referral clinic, collaborating with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) toxicology programs, aligning OEM research priorities in DoD, and including DoD Civilian physicians in OEM residency training. Threats are Military Health System reorganization, budget, and personnel cuts. Conclusions: The USU OEM Residency is strong but must be flexible to adjust to personnel, fiscal, and organizational changes. Aggregating the SWOT analyses for all the OEM residency programs may help identify strategies to sustain OEM training in the United States.
AB - Objective: To develop an actionable plan to sustain and improve the quality of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residency Program. Methods: Program metrics were collected and analyzed to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis). Results: Program strengths are stable funding, full-time faculty and large class size. Weaknesses are limited toxicology curriculum, and the lack of complex clinical cases. Opportunities include establishing an OEM referral clinic, collaborating with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) toxicology programs, aligning OEM research priorities in DoD, and including DoD Civilian physicians in OEM residency training. Threats are Military Health System reorganization, budget, and personnel cuts. Conclusions: The USU OEM Residency is strong but must be flexible to adjust to personnel, fiscal, and organizational changes. Aggregating the SWOT analyses for all the OEM residency programs may help identify strategies to sustain OEM training in the United States.
KW - Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residency training
KW - contributions
KW - operations
KW - program strengths and weaknesses
KW - uniformed services university
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002151
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002151
M3 - Article
C2 - 33560067
AN - SCOPUS:85105894631
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 63
SP - 403
EP - 410
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 5
ER -