Occupational Medicine in Canada 4b2924

In the 4th podcast for Occupational Medicine journal, Anil Adisesh, assistant editor interviews 3 Canadian researchers at the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada conference in Vancouver (further information on the association can be found at www.oemac.org). The first interviewee is Dr Ron House, Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. They discuss workers compensation in Canada, the increasing the role and training of family practitioners in occupational medicine in Canada and Ron’s experience with HAVS. The second interviewee is Dr Joan Sari, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto At 10:04 on the podcast she discusses medical issues which engers may experience as a result of the aircraft cabin environment and also the potential occupational health issues in flight crew. The podcast at 14:27 also covers Joan’s involvement in space medicine. The third interviewee is Dr Jerry Beach, Associate Professor and Residency Programme Director in the Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alberta. The podcast at 20:34 covers occupational medicine in Canada It also covers Jerry’s experience of occupational asthma and related surveillance in Canada. 4b4jt