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Public health partnerships in medical toxicology education and practice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20494245     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In December 2002, the medical toxicology sub-board, which consists of representatives from emergency medicine, preventive medicine, and pediatrics, released revised core content for medical toxicology, aiming to better meet the academic challenges imposed by the continually expanding knowledge base of medical toxicology. These challenges included the addition of relatively new areas of interest in medical toxicology, including population health, while simultaneously ensuring that a structural framework existed to accommodate future areas of interest. There is no evidence readily available to assess how well the educational curricula of existing fellowship programs are meeting these needs. In an effort to address this, the authors describe a medical toxicology fellowship program that consists of a partnership among the Emory University School of Medicine, the Georgia Poison Control Center, and the CDC, as well as the results of a reorganization of its academic curriculum that occurred in 2006. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first published report describing such a curriculum redesign. Suggestions and potential resources proposed as enhancements for the public health-associated education of medical toxicology fellows are discussed. The authors also seek to initiate a discussion among programs about how to optimally meet the new challenges developed by the medical toxicology sub-board.
Authors:
Joshua G Schier; Carol Rubin; Michael D Schwartz; Jerry D Thomas; Robert J Geller; Brent W Morgan; Michael A McGeehin; Howard Frumkin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of preventive medicine     Volume:  38     ISSN:  1873-2607     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Prev Med     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-24     Completed Date:  2010-08-26     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8704773     Medline TA:  Am J Prev Med     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  667-74     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Published by Elsevier Inc.
Affiliation:
National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. jschier@cdc.gov
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) / organization & administration
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate / organization & administration*
Fellowships and Scholarships / organization & administration
Georgia
Humans
Poison Control Centers / organization & administration*
Public-Private Sector Partnerships / organization & administration
Schools, Medical / organization & administration
Specialty Boards
Toxicology / education*
United States

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