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Med. Pr. 2001;52(2)

Assurance and assessment of education quality in occupational hygiene in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada

Zapewnianie i ocena jakości kształcenia w dziedzinie higieny pracy w Wielkiej Brytanii, USA i Kanadzie

A. Boczkowski

Abstract

There is an urgent need to develop and formally recognise the profession of occupational and environmental hygienist in Poland. A high quality of specialist training in occupational hygiene is a prerequisite for any successful action aimed at accomplishing this goal. Assurance and assessment of education quality in this domain is inseparably associated with the problem of accreditation and certification. The first difficulty lies in a limited number of patterns or points of reference, such as systems of accreditation and certification in the area of occupational hygiene that already function. Insufficient dissemination of knowledge of the systems which already exist and function properly is another difficulty. Based on the Anglo-Saxon literature dealing with this subject, the author tries to bridge this gap. Med Pr 2001; 52; 2; 145-152.