OEM News
Dear Colleagues,
There are, as always, numerous activities going on in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. We have spelled out some in the following. The month of October is an important month to our Division, ACGME will rule on the status of our residency training program in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. We have been on probation but worked hard to present a strong case as we were being reviewed earlier this year. The residency can still be improved and we are working continuously on doing so in collaboration with our residents, the Residency Advisory Committee, the preceptors as well as WSU faculty.
Division Faculty will meet in October and during a retreat discuss the future focus of our Division. We will get back to you later to get your input. Meanwhile, should you have any ideas, don’t hesitate to contact me or anyone else in the Division.
We have also initiated a multidisciplinary group that is scoping research and academic clinical possibilities within the larger area of Return to Work Processes. The purpose is to review the current understanding of determinants that facilitate or delay return-to-work following injury and disease. The second purpose is to identify possible areas in which we can contribute to new and relevant knowledge to enhance the return-to-work process.
Collegial Regards,
Bengt B. Arnetz, MD, PhD
Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Division Director of OEM
October 2005
The final versions of the Competency Guiding Plans for OEM Residency Program were sent to all preceptors. Guiding Plans are a set of questions and possible assignments to assist our faculty in teaching the 165 ACOEM Learning Competencies to our residents. Again we would like to thank the entire faculty, preceptors and graduates who participated in this process.
The Residency Hand Book for the year 2005-2006, and the Residency Annual Report 2004-2005 were sent to all preceptors. The Residency Annual Report reflects all the activities that the residents being involve during the academic year 2004-05.
September 2005
The Department of Family Medicine and Wayne State University submitted a large Center of Excellence grant entitled “Michigan Center for a Healthier and Safer Workforce” to CDC/NIH. The OEM Division director, Dr. Bengt B. Arnetz, is the Principal Investigator and Dr. Joe Fortuna, representing the Automobile Industry Action Group, AIAG, is the co-Principal Investigator. The application involves researchers and professionals from Wayne State University, AIAG, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Detroit Medical Center, city of Detroit, in addition to other collaborators. This was a major effort and the support from the administrators at WSU, the Department of Family Medicine and AIAG is greatly appreciated.
The OEM faculty and the residents (Les Deguzman, James Rosbolt and Bindesh K. Patel) attended the MOEMA Annual Scientific Meeting on September 22-23, 2005 in East Lansing MI. Dr. James Blessman, delivered the lecture “Getting Workers Back to Work” at the MOEMA Annual Scientific Meeting.
August 2005
The faculty (Bengt Arnetz, James Skupski, James Blessma, and Hikmet Jamil) and the residents (Les Deguzman, James Rosbolt and Bindesh K. Patel) attended the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) Health Day / The Journey Towards Culture Change in Health Care: A Toolkit for Tomorrow. The conference was held at the Cobo Conference Center, Detroit, MI on August 30, 2005.
Dr. Bengt Arnetz, spoke at the AIAG Health Day Conference on August 30, 2005. The title of his lecture was “Productivity: How Is It Affected by Health and Wellness Initiatives?”
The division celebrated the completion of another successful OEM Rotation Course. The OEM Rotation Course is a month-long rotation in Occupational and Environmental Medicine offered on a quarterly basis to residents and medical students in the Detroit metropolitan area. Eleven residents from six Family Practice Residency Programs (Bon Secours, Providence, St. John, North Oakland, Henry Ford & Wayne State University) attended the August 2005 OEM Rotation Course.
July 2005
Dr. Bengt Arnetz, together with Dr. Ingrid Anderzen, published an article entitled “The Impact of a Prospective Survey-based Workplace Intervention Program on employee Health, Biological Stress markers and Organizational Productivity” In the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 47, No 7, pp. 671-682, 2005.
Dr. Arnetz published the article “Subjective Indicators as a gauge for improving organizational well-being: An attempt to apply the cognitive activation theory to organizations” in Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol. 30, pp. 1022-1026, 2005.
Dr. Arnetz was co-author of the paper “Psychophysiological Effects of a Web-based Stress Management System: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Intervention Study of IT and Media Workers. BMC Public Health Volume 5, No 78, pp 1-14, July, 2005. (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/78)
Dr. Hikmet Jamil is the first author on an article entitled, “Medical Complaints among Iraqi American Refugees with Mental Disorders”. The article was published in the Journal of Immigrant Health Vol. 2 No. 3, pp 145-152. July 2005.
Dr. Hikmet Jamil is co-author on an article entitled, “Asthma Prevalence and Severity in Arab American Communities in the Detroit Area, Michigan.” The article was published in the Journal of Immigrant Health, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 165-178, July, 2005.
July 2005
Les Deguzman, MD, MPH and James Rosbolt, DO, MPH, began the WSU/OEM residency program. Each resident has a prior MPH degree and will be in the one-year OEM residency program. Bindesh K. Patel, MD, will continue as 2nd year resident on August 1, 2005.
On July 19, 2005, the OEM Division held its graduation ceremony at the Community House in Birmingham, Michigan. Dr. Mada H. Jamil graduated officially, having completed her practicum and MS degree. Dr. Jamil was accepted to transfer from the MS program to the MPH program at Wayne State University. After completing her research project, Dr. Jamil will receive the MPH degree.
During the July 19, 2005 residents' graduation ceremony, OEM program director Dr. James Skupski received the Teacher of the Year award for 2005.
June 2005
Dr. Hikmet Jamil received a Teaching Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians for his participation as an active teacher in family medicine in 2004. The award was presented to Dr. Jamil by Family Medicine Residency Director Dr. Tsveti Markova during the Wayne State University Family Medicine Resident Graduation Ceremony.
The Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) met to discuss the course of the residency program. The meeting was attended by Drs. John Anderson, Patrick Beecher, David Bassett, Ray Demers, Richard Gallagher, James Skupski, Walter Talamonti, and Thomas Weekley. Dr. Robert Rhodes chaired the meeting. Also attending the meeting were Dr. Bengt Arnetz and resident representative, Dr. Mada Jamil.
Dr. Bengt Arnetz was selected to be a member of ACOEM’S new Task Force on Quality Management Systems. The Task Force is chaired by Dr. Joe Fortuna.
May 2005
The division celebrated the completion of another successful OEM Rotation Course. Nine residents from six Family Practice Residency Programs (Bon Secours, Providence, St. John, North Oakland, Henry Ford & Wayne State University) attended the May 2005 OEM Rotation Course.
Residents Mada H. Jamil and Bindesh K. Patel attended a two-day disability management conference on May 12-13, 2005. The conference was held at the Detroit Renaissance Center and was sponsored by the Delphi Corporation Medical Department.
Dr. Hikmet Jamil attended the 2005 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, May 4-6, 2005, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Jamil presented his paper entitled, “Description, Tailoring, and Testing of a Bilingual Tobacco Prevention/Cessation Program” at the conference.
For previous OEM news items, please follow these links:
OEM News Spring 2005 (pdf)
OEM News Fall 2004 (pdf)
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