The resident participates in visits to industrial work sites as well as a visit to the Carle Industrial Rehabilitation Center. Residents also will see patients first hand in the Occupational Medicine Division and participate actively in the diagnosis and treatment of their problems. They will also be exposed to various governmental regulatory agency requirements for safety and health in the work place. A formal schedule is given to the resident at the beginning of the rotation, outlining the scheduled experiences. The resident is expected to show up on time and actively participate with the clinical team.
Residents are responsible for writing a brief report after their visit to an industrial plant site.
They will be expected to role play as a consultant in Occupational Medicine who is touring the plant. Also the resident will pick a subject matter that could easily be seen in both occupational and internal medicine settings and do some additional research on that subject. Continuity with regular Internal Medicine Clinic or other out-patient clinic practices will be taken into consideration in terms of scheduling rotation time during the Occupational and Environmental Medicine rotation. The resident is evaluated by attending faculty on an ongoing basis and regular feedback is provided. At the end of each rotation, a written evaluation of training performance is completed by the curriculum supervisor and forwarded to the Internal Medicine Residency Associate Director.