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. 2024 Aug 6;24:846. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05809-0

Table 4.

OM issues in European universities (n = 53) and mean number of hours of each one in the present study (2022) compared to the study of Gehanno et al., 2014 [35]

N Percentage 2022 (%) Percentage 2014 (%) Mean Nº
of hours 2022
Mean Nº of hours
2014
Principles of prevention 47 89 96 1.7 1.7
Occupational respiratory disease 47 89 89 2.8 2.5
Occupational health law and ethics 42 79 85 1.4 1.2
Occupational-related musculo-skeletal disorders 42 79 81 1.7 1.6
Risk assessment in the workplace 40 75 72 2.1 1.9
Health and safety risks to doctors in the clinical environment 39 74 79 1.8 1.3
Occupational cancers 39 74 77 1.7 1.6
Occupational stress / Mental health and work 39 74 72 1.8 1.6
Occupational skin disease 38 72 78 1.5 1.4
Occupational toxicology 37 70 85 3.3 2.8
Occupationally acquired infections 37 70 65 1.6 1.3
Occupational history taking 36 68 58 1.9 1.5
Workers’ compensation 33 62 69 1.3 1.3
Workability assessment 32 60 48 1.3 1.6
Disability and return to work 31 58 44 1.7 1.1
Principles of work ergonomics 29 55 58 1.9 1.5
How to collaborate with the occupational physician 29 55 57 1.3 0.9
History of occupational medicine 29 55 48 1.3 1.1
Environmental impact of industrial activity 23 43 46 1.4 1.7
Assessment of disability 21 40 30 1.9 1.4
Writing medicolegal reports 20 38 30 1.6 1.4