M.P.H. Competencies - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Each department identifies competencies for
each degree offered. These competencies reflect the full range of knowledge,
skills, and other attributes that a student will acquire as a result of
completing the requirements for a particular degree.
Upon graduation, a student completing the
M.P.H. curriculum in environmental and occupational health will be able to:
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describe
the major environmental/occupational health problems to the general public as well as
specific communities within that population;
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explain
the basic mechanism of toxicology and dose-response regarding environmental/occupational
toxicants;
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describe
the federal and state regulatory programs that relate to environmental
(community) and worker (occupational) protection;
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develop
a testable model of environmental/occupational exposures (one or more agents) and adverse
health outcomes (causing injury, disability, other measure of morbidity or
mortality); and
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specify
current quantitative risk assessment approaches and methods for a particular
hazard or risk in a community.
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