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Environmental Courses
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School Course Catalog
PM504M.J Clinical Experience in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
R. H. Goldman, Full time for one month; not offered July and August. For time and place, call Dr. Goldman: (617) 665-1580.
Prerequisite: Medicine I
The course introduces the student to the practice of occupational and environmental medicine (OEM). It provides opportunities to evaluate patients: improving skills in taking the environmental/occupational history in both adults and children; learning about exposure assessment, reproductive toxicity, workplace and community interventions, industrial pediatric issues prevention strategies and disability evaluations. There are also experiences available to enhance appreciation of the impact of (global) environmental factors on health, with assessment and application of clinical environmental epidemiological and toxicological studies. Students see patients at the Cambridge Hospital OEM clinic, Employee Health, Industrial Medicine at Assembly Square Occupational Health and at the Children's Hospital Pediatric Environmental Health Center, with opportunities for experiences at other clinical sites. The student can attend weekly OEM conferences offered at Cambridge Hospital, Massachusetts Poison Control Center, and Harvard School of Public Health. The student does one short project or presentation, related to a clinical evaluation, worksite visit, or topic of his/her interest.
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