Additional findings are presented from a 2012 nationwide survey of 2,072 occupational health nurses regarding how they achieved competence in respiratory protection, their preferred methods of learning, and how they motivated employees to use respiratory protection. On-the-job training, taking a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health spirometry course, or attending professional c...

construction is one of the most hazardous workplaces in all around the world. awareness about workers’ attitude towards safety could be helpful in anticipating the workers' behavior. the aims of this study were to determine both the tunneling workers' safety attitude and the relationship between workers' attitude towards safety and occupational accidents. in this cross-sectional study performed...

An international course in Family Medicine has been held annually in Slovenia for the past 7 years. This paper describes the philosophy, content and methods of the course and discusses its impact. The course is centred around the preparation of a teaching module exploring the central themes of Family Medicine. Course methods include individual assignments prior to the course, keynote lectures t...

background : occupational stress is a psychosocial dimension of occupational health concept on social determinants of health, especially, job & environmental condition. recently, staff network of different government universities of thailand have called higher education commission, and ministry of education, thailand to resolve the issue of gov-ernment education policy (e.g. wage inequity, poor...

The profession of occupational therapy promotes individuals to achieve health and wellness through engagement in meaningful occupations of daily living. This occupation-focused profession plays a critical role in health care in a multitude of settings with a wide range of clients. The paper highlights a global overview of the philosophies of occupational therapy, the current international pract...

First published online Knowledge Translation and Implementation Science in Health Professions Education: Time for Clarity? Aliki Thomas, PhD, OT, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Centre for Medical Education, McGill University, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal; and André Bussières, PhD, DC, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGil...

Arizona occupational and physical therapists were surveyed about their needs for education in arthritis. Responses to statements regarding attitudes, knowledge, willingness to learn, and preferred methods of learning were subjected to chi-square analysis. The results showed that a significant number of both occupational and physical therapists are deficient in knowledge about the disease and ma...

The responsibility for crafts instruction at New York University was transferred recently from the Art Department to the Department of Occupational Therapy, where a new model of media education has been developed. This change resulted from the difficulties students and faculty experienced in integrating craft activities with occupational therapy's conceptual foundations and the realities of pra...

In a series of reports since 2000, the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK) confirmed a major expansion in the number of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals to be educated (Department of Health [DH] 2000a, 2000b, 2002). This increase in numbers included occupational therapists and augmented the more modest growth in the number of education places available in...

BACKGROUND Social inequalities in cardiovascular diseases are well documented. Yet, the relation of social status inconsistency (having different ranks in two or more status indicators like education, occupational position or income) and medical conditions of heart or vessels is not clear. Status inconsistency (SI) is assumed to be stressful, and the association of psychosocial distress and hea...