The
Occupational
Health
Training
Center
was
established
as
a
facility
where
occupational
physicians
and
other
health
care
specialists
can
acquire
knowledge
and
technical
know-how
related
to
the
practice
of
occupational
health.
It
is
also
dedicated
to
improving
the
quality
of
occupational
health
care
overall.
The
Center
has
been
the
institute
of
affiliation
for
resident
occupational
physicians
since
1999.
It
manages
and
arranges
the
five-year
course
in
the
Occupational
Health
Physician
Specialist
Course
I,
which
was
rearranged
in
2012
to
better
suit
the
purpose
of
providing
training
necessary
for
working
as
an
occupational
health
physician
and
of
educating
occupational
physicians
to
have
a
high
level
of
expertise.
It
also
promotes
the
employment
of
occupational
health
physicians
and
provides
occupational
health
training
for
each
course.
In
addition,
it
has
been
in
charge
of
the
total
practice
of
occupational
medicine
and
of
occupational
health
in
the
University
Hospital
clinical
training
program
since
2005,
qualifying
medical
students
as
occupational
physicians
immediately
after
graduation.

This
Center
is
managed
by
a
university-wide
system
that
includes
the
School
of
Medicine,
the
School
of
Health
Sciences,
the
Institute
of
Industrial
Ecological
Sciences,
and
the
University
Hospital,
with
the
director
and
full-time
faculty
staff
members
playing
central
roles.
In
actual
operation,
occupational
health
training
for
occupational
health
physician
trainees
is
carried
out
as
the
occupational
medicine
internship
course,
comprised
offour
divisions:
Division
of
General
Health
Management,
Division
of
Health
Care
and
Promotion,
Division
of
Work
Conditions
and
Ergonomics,
and
Division
of
Work
Environment
Control.
Furthermore,
the
Center
provides
the
Intensive
Course
of
Occupational
Health
Fundamentals
Workshop
for
people
from
other
institutes
who
are
interested
in
acquiring
the
qualification
of
occupational
physician,
and
the
Occupational
Health
Practice
Workshop
for
occupational
health
in
other
major
cities
in
Japan.
It
also
gathers
information
on
needs
from
work
sites
through
various
training
programs,
and
provides
and
analyzes
information
on
occupational
health
training.
◆ Intensive Course of Occupational Health Fundamentals Workshop
and Occupational Health Practice Workshop
The
Intensive
Course
of
Occupational
Health
Fundamentals
Workshop
(Summer
Intensive
Course},
certified
by
the
Japan
Medical
Association,
has
been
cohosted
by
UOEH
and
the
Fukuoka
Medical
Association
since
1997.
The
workshop
has
been
organized
independently
since
2011,
and
those
who
complete
the
course
are
qualified
to
be
an
occupational
health
physician,
based
on
the
Industrial
Safety
and
Health
Act.
We
are
proud
of
having
received
about
17,000
graduates
in
this
short-term
intensive
workshop,
one
of
the
largest
in
Japan.
The
lecturers
of
this
workshop
belong
to
the
faculty
of
the
School
of
Medicine,
the
School
of
Health
Sciences,
the
Institute
of
Industrial
Ecological
Sciences,
and
the
Occupational
Health
Training
Center
of
this
University,
and
are
experts
in
education,
research
and
practice
in
occupational
health
and
health
sciences.
Elite
experts
in
the
latest
clinical
medicine,
basic
and
applied
medicine
and
training
programs
offer
lectures
and
training.
The
Occupational
Health
Practicum
Workshop
offers
practical
training
based
on
many
years
of
engagement
in
educating
occupational
health
physicians.
It
develops
programs
for
a
wide
range
of
themes
and
different
levels
of
experience
and
expertise
of
the
participants.
It
takes
place
in
Tokyo,
Osaka
and
other
cities.