Mountain and Plains Education and
Research Center Retreat
2013
Lee Newman, MD MA
Director, MAP ERC
Professor, Colorado School of Public Health
Overview
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History and overview of MAP ERC
Purpose of this retreat
Trends
Questions for today
Outcomes we hope to achieve
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
History
• July 2007: Start of MAP ERC for the 7-state region
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Industrial hygiene
Occupational and Environmental Medicine residency
Occupational health psychology
Ergonomics
Health Physics
Continuing Education
Pilot Projects Program
Interdisciplinary Integration
Diversity Objectives
• July 2010: Renewed for 5 years, through June 2015
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Selected Achievements
• Led the way for inter-university collaboration in
Colorado School of Public Health
• Engaged neighboring ERCs and Ag Centers
• Nearly 80 Trainees in first 5 years
• >$300K in Pilot Program Grants Awarded
• Outreach programs catalytic for OS&H in region
• Progress in diversity objectives
• CE program well-launched and reaching nationally
• National reputation for innovation, leadership and
collegiality
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Changes Along the Way
• New training and program directors
– Johnson, Witter, Stallones, Adgate, Scott, Gilkey & Tenney,
Martinez
• New Colorado School of Public Health
• New Department Chairs and Deans
• New curricular offerings
– Safety management, IH/Ergo for Residents, Worksite
Wellness and Health Promotion
• New approach to Interdisciplinary education
• New collaborative research grants
• New philanthropic support
• New Center for Worker Health and Environment (CWHE)
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
October 2007, First Retreat
Theme:
• “How to create a Center this is greater than the sum of its
parts and foster interdisciplinary interaction”
Vision:
“To create a sustainable regional center of excellence in
occupational and environmental health and safety.”
Mission Statement:
“To improve occupational and environmental health and
safety through education, research, and community
partnerships.”
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Goals (2007)
• To train future leaders
• To implement interdisciplinary education
• To support applied and research projects that
address emerging regional needs and the
NIOSH NORA.
• To engage communities in advancing OES&H
in the region.
• To recruit and retain students, faculty, and
professionals who represent the diversity of
the region.
• To identify and provide high impact and
innovative continuing education in the region.
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
September 2008, Second Retreat
• Review of Vision, Mission and Goals
• Future Directions/Course Adjustments
– Diversity (leadership changes, increase participation at
undergraduate level)
– Outreach (Extend outreach to legislature, school leaders,
environmental law, media)
– CE (increase quality and number of conference, with an
annual “signature” event)
– Pilot Projects (Develop annual research day, increase
funding)
– Interdisciplinary Interaction: Reexamine and revise
approach
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Purpose of This Retreat
• To re-assess our goals in the context of changes in the
field of OS&H and in the face of societal changes
• In order to:
1. remain relevant to
– Students
– Occupational Safety and Health professionals
– Employers, Agencies, and the Public
2. Ensure that we meet the health and safety needs of
workers
3. Build on our reputation for innovation, leadership and
collegiality among NIOSH ERCs
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Trends That Will Impact Us
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Economy
Politics
Education and technology
Research and Training support
Workforce needs
Affordable Care Act
Changes at NIOSH
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Trends: Economy
• Economic recovery
– Increased hiring
– Increased OH&S needs
– Emerging hazards
VS.
• Sequestration
• Debt reduction
• CR and anticipated reduction in federal budget
deficit, impacting programs
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Trends: Politics
• Congress
– Turnover in the ‘champions’ for OS&H in
Washington DC
– Immigration reform
• Administrative Branch
– OMB
• CDC
– NIOSH
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Trends in Education
• Trends in online education
– Online and hybrid
– The “Khan academy” model
– Online degree programs
• The new ways that students choose to learn
– Web resources, social media, video content…
– Web-based lectures
– 24/7
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Research and Training Support
• Lean times for extramural funding
• NIOSH re-examination of extramural versus
intramural programs
– Example: agricultural health and safety research
• Flat funding and probably further reductions
in training grant support in OS&H
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OS&H Workforce Supply and Demand
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What is the Future Need for Trained
Professionals?
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Occupational safety
Industrial hygiene
Occupational health nursing
Occupational medicine
Health physics
Ergonomics
Occupational epidemiology
Occupational health psychology
Occupational injury prevention
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Priorities for Hiring, Next 5 Years
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Desirable Skills in Future OS&H
Professionals
• Cross-training in “non-core competencies”
– Communication, technical writing, leadership
skills, worker’s compensation, environmental
regulations, government regulations and
compliance
• Cross-training in other OS&H areas
• Increased focus on bachelor’s level hiring
– Especially in Occupational Safety
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Affordable Care Act
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Electronic health records
Health information exchanges
Business support for health care benefits
Implications for worksite health promotion
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Trend: Integration of Workplace Health
Promotion & Health Protection
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NCCI Report (Laws and Colon 2012)
October 2013: Landmark NIOSH
Workshop in Aurora, Colorado
NIOSH AGENDA for Training Directors from ERCs, Ag
Centers and TWH Centers:
1) Where is the OSH field going in the next 10 years?
2) Evaluation metrics
3) Integration of intramural and extramural
programs at NIOSH
4) OSH workforce needs – what are we doing with
findings of national study and with ERCs?
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
The Three-Center Colorado Model
Center for Worker Health and
Environment
CWHE
HICAHS
MAP ERC
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(Integrated Health
Promotion/Health
Prevention
Initiatives)
SWOT
• MAP ERC Training Directors completed SWOT
February 2013
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
SWOT: Opportunities
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Workplace health promotion, Total
Worker Health
Outreach to insurance, industry, Occ
med providers
Create less dispersed/concentrated
track
Create alternative track for practicing
docs - would require more distance
learning
Website improvements
Work with other training programs for
scholarly projects
Safety culture focus - e.g. move into
agriculture (currently in construction)
Job market, industry demand for
graduates
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Provide HP services to generate income
to the program
Pursue endowments
Partnerships with companies, govt Labs
New faculty hires
Shared interests & convergences with
activities at UC Denver (e.g. worksite
wellness, aging workforce)
Maintain high-quality student
applicants and enrollment
New courses
Emerging technologies and exposures
Emerging approaches to practice of
OHS - control banding, Bayesian
decision, NIOSH operations and
structure, OSHA reform
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Questions for Today
• Should we be training students in Safety?
– Why?
– If yes, How?
• Should we be integrating health promotion with our
strong focus on health protection?
– Why?
– If yes, How?
• What are some examples of how we are training
leaders?
• What modes of learning should we be using? How can
we be more relevant to the way people learn?
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Desirable Outcomes and Next Steps
• This afternoon: review and revise our goals
• Initiate a dialogue that will continue and bring us to our model for
the next seven years
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Prepare retreat minutes
Present retreat findings and SWOT to External Advisory Panel on
April 4-5
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TODAY identify volunteers to lead discussion of key retreat topics at
the EAP meeting
Develop a list of potential action items at the end of today that
will lead to work by smaller work groups March-August 2013
Reconvene in September 2013 to review, ratify, implement
December 2013: start writing our renewal!
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013
Thank you
Deborah Helitzer
Lyndsay Krisher
Michelle Haan
Lili Tenney
CWA Team
You
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Research Center Retreat March 4, 2013