Recognising the need to expand her skillset beyond occupational health, Patricia Obende embarked on a journey to gain Chartered Manager...
OH education and training
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There is often little collaboration between employers, occupational health professionals and academic researchers, despite a clear need for evidence-based health...
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These CPD activities aim to help develop knowledge in this area in occupational hygiene.
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A new workplace health research centre has been launched, bringing together researchers and academic clinicians.
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A new curriculum for occupational medicine training, developed by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM), has been approved by the...
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published its new post-registration standards for specialist community public health nursing.
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Occupational health needs to be talking about how it is going to meet rising demand for services, despite the ongoing difficulties many face in recruiting OH nurses and doctors.
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Occupational health programmes specifically for health workers should be developed at national, regional and organisational levels, United Nations bodies have recommended.
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Since its launch more than a decade ago, the SEQOHS accreditation scheme has become the gold standard by which an...
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The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) is urging members to volunteer as faculty ‘ambassadors’ at medical schools to encourage more...
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Why do employers often allow HR professionals to make clinical judgments? Ian Houston explores why this responsibility needs to sit with occupational health.
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Is it time for OH practitioners to be brave and stop worrying about the NMC, or even thinking of themselves as nurses?
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New-look training could be on the cards for OH, as NMC outlines review of SCPHN standards
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThe Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has indicated it intends to carry out a review of post-registration training for occupational...
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Occupational health professionals were set to meet officials from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) last month to open potentially...
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PHE blueprint for occupational health nurse education sets standards for future OH training
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonPublic Health England (PHE) has set out a new blueprint for occupational health nurse education, designed to respond to the...