Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/National Capital Consortium

Director: Tim Mallon, MD
Department of Preventive Medicine & Biometrics
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Room A-1040A
Bethesda, MD 20814-4799
Phone: 301.295.3718
Fax: 301.295.0335
E-mail:  tmallon@usuhs.mil
Internet:  http://www.usuhs.mil/pmb/oemresidency.html
                                                                                                 Total Number of Residents: 11

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Clinical Occupational Medicine
Health Services Administration
Industrial Hygiene
Toxicology
Workplace Hazard Evaluation

Post Graduate Prerequisites: Completion of an ACGME accredited clinical year (PGY1) plus other active duty uniformed service/federal physician

Academic Year: No tuition or fees are provided for residents. Active duty officers receive regular military salary from their sponsoring service.

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

Combined Training with Other Specialties:
Not available

Program Description: Our mission is to train and graduate physicians who will be capable of developing and managing an occupational health program for military and civilian personnel at any size military installation. They will be aware of the duties and responsibilities of the other members of the occupational health "team" and work with the other team members in preventing occupational injury and illness.

The National Capital Consortium Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residency is a two-year training program for uniformed services physicians. This program consists of an academic year or post-graduate year two (PGY-2), and practicum year or PGY-3. Since the USUHS OEM residency does not offer a PGY-1 or internship year, all physicians must complete a clinical PGY-1 year and be eligible for a medical license before beginning training.

During the academic year, the residents complete all requirements for a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in the Environmental and Occupational Health track. The objective of the academic year is to provide the resident with a foundation in the core disciplines of public health and to prepare the resident for occupational medicine practice during the practicum year. In addition to the required core MPH courses described in this Handbook, the OEM resident will take classes in toxicology, industrial hygiene, and clinical and administrative occupational health.

The practicum year, which immediately follows the academic year, consists of a series of rotations where the resident is given the opportunity to attain competence in may aspects of occupational medicine and work with practicing occupational health professionals who serve as preceptors. The typical practicum year includes six to eight rotations which are four to eight weeks long. All residents compete two-month rotations at organizations with a full-service occupational health program (these rotations are referred to as "industrial" rotations) and a two-month rotation at the US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Office of Occupational Medicine. US Army physicians also complete a required two-month rotation at the US Army Center for Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion. For the remaining four to six months of the practicum year, the resident is allowed to choose rotations in various aspects of clinical and administrative occupational medicine.