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Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Other Related Titles Addressing the Physician Shortage in Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Report of a Study (1991) National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Conclusion." Addressing the Physician Shortage in Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Report of a Study. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1991. Please select a format: Page 27   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 27 Front Matter (R1-R6) Contents (R7-R10) Executive Summary (1-2) Introduction (3-6) Background (7-9) The Extent of the Physician Shortage (10-13) Current Education and Training (14-16) Strategies to Address the Physician Shortage (17-26) Conclusion (27-28) References (29-31)

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27 CONCLUSION Primary care physicians are inadequately prepared to respond to the growing need for clinical services that address the real and perceived problems of occupational and environmental illness. A recent community-based survey identified physicians as one of the most trusted but least knowledgeable sources of information about chemical risks. 23 This gap between trust and knowledge must be narrowed. Significant changes in medical education are needed at the unclergraduate level as well as in the training of clinicians, teachers, and researchers in occupational and environmental medicine. In specific, the Institute of Meclicine recommencis (i) increasing interest in the fie~cl of occupational and environmental medicine among students and trainees, (ii) establishing a cohort of centers of excellence to train future teachers, researchers, and leaders, (iii) integrating environmental medicine with occupational medicine training and research programs, (iv) increasing funding for faculty development, (v) supporting residency and fellowship

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28 training, and (vi) exploring, refining, and adopting new pathways to certification and accreditation in occupational and environmental medicine. Taken together, these six measures can alleviate the pressing shortage of physicians in occupational and environmental medicine.

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