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Why Is the Diverse Field of Occupational and Environmental Medicine One of the Best Kept Secrets in Medicine?

by Judith Green-McKenzie, MD A new report published in a special supplemental issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focusing on the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Investment in Public Health looks at the factors contributing to the shortage of formally trained Occupational Physicians in the United States. In “Outcomes of a Survey-Based Approach to Determine Factors Contributing to the Shortage

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Video Summary: Outcomes of an Intervention to Increase Physicians Underrepresented in Medicine in Occupational Medicine Training

Diversity in the US physician workforce is important. Physicians Underrepresented in Medicine (UIM) are more likely to serve poor, uninsured, and vulnerable populations. In a new article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Dr. Judith Green-McKenzie and colleagues describe outcomes of an intervention aimed at increasing the number of UIM physicians in Occupational Medicine. Read Our Special

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