Undergraduate occupational medicine education in European Medical Schools: better training to meet today's challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Occupational medicine (OM) faces considerable challenges today, one of them related to the university training of future physicians considered suboptimal at a global level as it has been pointed out in many studies. The aim of this study is to update the state of OM medical education in European universities.

Methods

Between March and August 2022, an e-mail survey regarding OM training to undergraduate medical students was conducted among OM professors at European universities in 28 countries (n = 347).

Results

Of the 347 universities, 53 medical schools from 19 countries responded (response rate = 15.3%). In 89% of cases, OM was taught. The average number of hours per academic year was 24.3, with significant variation within the same country. Lectures were

SUBMITTER: Larrosa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304825 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature