Director: Nancy L. Sprince, MD, MPH
100 Oakdale Campus, 124 IREH
Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
Phone: 319.335.4416
Fax: 319.335.4225
E-mail: nancy-sprince@uiowa.edu
Internet: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/heartland/
                                                                                                 Total Number of Residents: 6

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Clinical Occupational Medicine
Environmental Health Sciences
Occupational Musculoskeletal Diseases and Injuries
Occupational Pulmonary Disease
Toxicology

Post Graduate Prerequisites: Completion of an ACGME accredited clinical year (PGY1)

Academic Year: Tuition is covered in full; stipend is $36,500 - $37,600 for 2000-2001; funding sources include University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, University of Iowa's NIOSH-funded Education and Research Center (Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety) and the John Deere Foundation

Degrees Awarded: MPH, MS

Combined Training with Other Specialties:
Not available

Program Description: The Occupational Medicine Residency Program at the University of Iowa offers strong interdisciplinary training within the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, the newest NIOSH-funded Education and Research Center (ERC). Occupational Medicine residents earn the MPH degree at our College of Public Health during their academic year, training with industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, agricultural health and safety, ergonomics, and injury prevention graduate students. Practicum year residents rotate at major industrial settings, including John Deere Company and Alcoa, as well as comprehensive occupational health clinics/practices, and strong outpatient clinical rotations at our major teaching hospital, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The educational program provides flexibility for residents to pursue their own career interests, including clinical occupational medicine, research and academic medicine in the field of occupational medicine.