Neurological memories

Author(s):  
Anthony Seaton

In Neurological memories Anthony Seaton briefly explores how Dr W.B. Mathews’ 1963 book ‘Practical Neurology’ helped him as a young medical registrar, and how his early exposure to neurology contributed to his later specialty in occupational medicine.

Author(s):  
Arun Peter Chind

Why I became an Occupational Physician … briefly explores the reasons and influences behind Arun Peter Chind’s decision to pursue a career in occupational medicine. It takes us through his early exposure to industry growing up in India, and his posts in many medical specialties before his outside interests led him to industrial and occupational medicine.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bracker ◽  
J. Blumberg ◽  
M. Hodgson ◽  
E. Storey

Author(s):  
E. E. Shigan

The study of the preservation of worker's health in recent years is gaining more and more new areas of research, among which like to point out the problems of harmonization of age and work, the impact of unemployment on health and aspects of the impact of the working environment of small and medium businesses on health.


Author(s):  
Evgeny E. Shigan ◽  
Lyudmila M. Saarkoppel' ◽  
Pavel V. Serebryakov ◽  
Irina N. Fedina

Improving professional training and optimizing the work of doctors who provide medical care to patients who come into contact with harmful occupational factors require the approval of a professional standard for the occupational pathology physician. The purpose of the study was to analyze the opinion of the professional community about the importance of various labor functions and labor actions, priority knowledge and skills of occupational pathologists in the development of a professional standard. To achieve this goal, an on-line survey of physicians in occupational pathology and occupational medicine was conducted. Analysis of the survey results showed that the significance of professional competencies is evaluated by specialists to varying degrees. Primary focus is on examination of professional suitability and the link between diseases and the profession. However, correlations of competencies of various blocks indicate the importance of all areas of work of a professional pathologist, which should be taken into account when training specialists in this profile.


Author(s):  
Alina S. Kovaleva ◽  
Igor V. Bukhtiyarov ◽  
Natalya S. Serova ◽  
Tatyana B. Burmistrova

Respiratory system diseases are one of the main problems in contemporary occupational medicine and exceed one fifth of all occupational diseases. Objective of the review was search and analysis of literature on diagnosis of silicosis as an important occupational disease of respiratory organs, by computed tomography and high-resolution computed tomography, from evidence-based medicine viewpoint.


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