THE OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE GAP IN THE FAMILY MEDICINE CURRICULUM - 5 KEY ELEMENTS IN SOUTH-CAROLINA - PART II

Part II of our three-part report examines five of the Key elements for occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) training in family medi cine residency. These were introduced by the Environmental Medicine Cu rriculum Committee (EMCC) faculty in South Carolina under a Department of Energy (DOE) grant to the Environmental Hazards Assessment Program (EHAP) of the Medical University of South Carolina, 1992-1997. Each e lement is being designed, tested, and updated by clinicians in the res idency network. A Pilot study of 100 third-year medical students condu cted in 1996 suggests the difficulty in implementing OEM skills in cur rent family medicine training.