The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency/Fellowship is accredited as a two-year residency program which trains physicians in occupational and environmental medicine. We seek applicants with fellow status and prior internal medicine, family practice, or other appropriate clinical training.
The first (academic) year of our residency focuses primarily on completing requirements for the Master in Public Health degree (MPH). Residents complete core course requirements and Environmental & Occupational Health (EOH) concentration coursework. The second (practicum) year focuses on clinical and policy practicum rotations and research opportunities.
Residents in the Occupational & Environmental Medicine Residency program receive salaries equivalent to the post-graduate year salary scale for all residents at the University of Colorado. The salaries for 2011-12 are:
- Graduate Year 2 - $49,618
- Graduate Year 3 - $52,081
- Graduate Year 4 - $54,307
- Graduate Year 5 - $57,289
- Graduate Year 6 - $61,559
- Graduate Year 7 - $65,286
Fringe benefits include: Health, Life, Disability and Malpractice Insurance, Tuition coverage for MPH course work (limited to in-state tuition levels).
The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency program is one of The Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center's (MAP ERC) education programs. The MAP ERC is one of 17 Education and Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (CDC/NIOSH). Spanning from the borders of Canada to Mexico, the MAP ERC will help to meet the occupational health education needs of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. The MAP ERC is one of the Colorado School of Public Health's centers.