Highlights from occupational safety and health continuing education needs assessment

Continuing professional development of occupational medicine practitioners: a needs assessment.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify elements of occupational medicine practice used on a frequent basis which are considered to be of high priority for continuing professional development (CPD). METHODS A postal questionnaire covering 28 areas of knowledge or practice was sent to all members of the Society of Occupational Medicine in September 2000. Respondents were asked to alloc...

Occupational safety and health education in schools.

Schools in Japan, elementary through high schools, teach generally about natural disasters, traffic accidents, crimes occurring to youngsters, drug and thinner addictions , smoking, air-heat-light-noise environment, drinking water, and communicable diseases. More specific education is carried out in technology/home economics and health/physical education at junior high schools, and in health/ph...

The need for needs assessment in continuing medical education.

Educational needs assessment among farmers in occupational health fields

Introduction: The development and implementation of effective safety educational program for minimizing hazards in a farm, is the most important activity that can be done to improve safety level there. This program, however, requires to needs assessment process. So, the present study was designed to analyze of the educational needs of farmers in the field of agricultural occupational health. M...

Assessment of nurses' continuing education needs in Jordan.

This study assessed the learning needs of hospital nurses in northern Jordan to develop programming recommendations for future continuing education (CE) efforts. Although few CE programs exist, a response rate of 85% (n = 171) suggested these nurses have important learning needs. Nurses identified eight priority content areas: critical care, management of cardiac arrest, emergency room nursing,...