Practicum Rotations

Practicum rotations provide residents and fellows with exposure to a range of important settings in occupational and environmental health.

Residents are given a unique opportunity to apply their skills to real-world problems including occupational injuries and illnesses, disability management, employee health and wellness, environmental exposures, and other emerging occupational and environmental medicine issues.

Core Rotations

• Johns Hopkins University/ University of Maryland Employer-Based/Clinical Rotation
• International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Elective Rotations

A wide range of elective choices are available to allow trainees to optimize the program to fit their career objectives. Some options are listed below:

Corporate Sites

• GlaxoSmithKline
• US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS)
• National Security Agency
• Erickson Retirement Communities Employee Health and Wellness Centers
• Federal Occupational Health
• U.S. Naval Academy
• Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention Strategic Healthcare Group, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Veterans Health Administration

Clinical Sites

• CorpOHS
• Police and Fire Clinic in Washington DC
• Allergy & Immunology Service at the National Naval Medical Center

Government Sites

• NIOSH
• Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Anne Arundel County Department of Health
• Maryland Department of the Environment

Other Elective Sites

• Bloomberg School's Center for Public Health Preparedness
• Public Citizen Health Research Group
• Research rotations
• International rotations such as the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization