COMMFAM 423C
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Satish Subramaniam
Description from DukeHub
This elective is designed to enhance the student's skills in several important areas related to occupational medicine: occupational injury and illness prevention, epidemiology, health management for employee populations including COVID response for employee exposures, industrial toxicology, worksite wellness, and prevention programs. During this four-week rotation, students will complete readings related to these areas, observe surveillance exams and prospective health planning visits, participate in lectures and seminars, learn to conduct computerized database searches concerning industrial toxicology, and (as available) visit industrial sites. Students will also complete at least one project involving one of the topics above. Upon completion of the rotation, students can expect to have practical and useful skills applicable to occupational medicine and work site health programs. Credit: 4. Two-months advance notice and permission from instructor is required. Permission is required for enrollment. Enrollment: max 1 student per month. All interested students should contact Gretchen Oakley, Coordinator of Medical Student Programs, at (contact listed in DukeHub). Satish Subramaniam, MD and Carol Epling MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · clinical rotation
- Yes: Live work with people · "clinical"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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