Director: Virginia Weaver, MD
Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Room WB602
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410.955.3630
Fax: 410.955.1582
E-mail: vweaver@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/OMR/

Total Number of Residents: 9

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Clinical Occupational Medicine
Environmental Health Sciences
Industrial Hygiene
International Occupational and Environmental Health
Toxicology
Specific tracks available in Management and Epidemiology/Quantitative Skills.

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

Academic Year: Program provides some form of tuition assistance

Degree(s) Awarded: MPH, MHS, DrPH, MPH, PhD

Combined Training with Other Specialties:
Internal Medicine

Program Description: The overall objective of the occupational medicine residency is to train leaders in occupational and environmental medicine for careers in any of the major sectors of the field - academia, industry, government, consulting, clinical, and labor - and provide expertise in both clinical and preventive occupational and environmental medicine.

The residency is a two-year program. The academic year involves coursework leading to an MPH degree, plus certain experience specific to the residency such as seminars, research projects, and plant visits. The practicum year consists of four required two-month rotations and two other two-month rotations (electives) that can be arranged at a wide variety of sites in all sectors of the field (e.g., regulatory agencies, consulting firms, many industrial sites, clinical rotation, international sites). The required practicum rotations include employer-based, government, clinical, and union settings. An optional third year may be spent in a research fellowship for trainees interested in careers in academia and options for advanced degrees are available. All residents receive stipend and tuition support, and health, life, and disability insurance during both years of the residency.

Admission requirements include graduations from an approved medical school and one year of acceptable U.S. clinical internship. The most competitive candidate will already have completed residency training in another clinical specialty. Depending on the prior training of the individual applicant, specialized programs involving only the first or second year of the residency program are possible. The program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.