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Local Partnership, Global Implications
Submitted: April 29, 2010
UBC and Vineyard Networks partner on advanced networks research Internationally respected Kelowna-based company Vineyard Networks is collaborating with UBC to create a new approach to data storage and retrieval. This partnership...
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Continuing Education | Our Continuing Education Program delivers professional development opportunities for health professionals with a commitment to maintaining and enhancing professional competence. It provides a venue for communicating research findings and teaching best practices. It also creates an opportunity to network with researchers and other professionals. Our community of learners work in diverse organizations and have varied backgrounds and experience. Our courses are recognized by professional organizations as providing educational value through the granting of certification maintenance points.
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Current course offerings, info about custom workshops, and contact info for the Continuing Education Program are shown below. Examples of other courses can be seen here.
We welcome opportunities to collaborate and encourage prospective partners in continuing professional education to contact us. We have had many valued partners in education, including:
- government agencies (e.g., National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, BC Health Authorities, WorkSafeBC, BC Ministry of Environment),
- NGOs (e.g., BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network, BC Association of Kinesiologists, Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia),
- other universities (e.g., University of Washington, University of California at Berkeley, University of Northern British Columbia), and
- industry partners.
Current Course Offerings
Outdoor Air Quality and Health and the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI)
Qualité de l’air extérieur, Santé, et la Cote Air Santé (CAS)
Developed by the UBC School of Population and Public Health and leading air pollution and health experts, this on demand, online course is available until January 31, 2014. There is no cost to participants but registration is required. CME and other professional credits available. Please click on course title below for additional information and to enroll into the course.
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Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review
Date: September 17-21, 2012 Location: University of British Columbia 1855 West Mall C.K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research, Conference Room 120 Vancouver BC
View course brochure here
Certification Maintenance Points:
- American Board of Industrial Hygiene: ABIH has previously awarded CM credit for this course. It contains 36 continuing education hours which CIHs may claim as 34 hours of IH and 2 hours of IH Ethics credit
- Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals: pending
- Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists: 5 maintenance points; Award# 2012-78
- Canadian Society of Safety Engineers: CHSC designation holders can earn 1 point for each hour of OEH-related continuing education.
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Ergonomics of Heavy Equipment Design and Whole Body Vibration
Date: October 15, 2012 Location: University of British Columbia
1855 West Mall
C.K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research, Conference Room 120
Vancouver BC View course brochure here
Certification Maintenance Points: - American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH): please see *
- Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP): 0.5 CMP; Approval #12104
- Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH): 1.0 maintenance point; Award #2012-35
- Canadian Society of Safety Engineers (CSSE): 8 CHSC maintenance points
* This course contains 5.5 continuing education contact hours which CIHs may claim for credit. Please see ABIH website for CM criteria. As at November 28, 2011 ABIH no longer issues approval numbers.
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Best Practices: Report and Business Writing Skills for Environmental Health & Safety Professionals
In collaboration with the UBC Writing Centre
Course information
Date: To be Scheduled. Please contact Lydia Ma (lydia.ma@ubc.ca) for further information.
Certification Maintenance Points:
- American Board of Industrial Hygiene [1.09 Industrial CM Points, Approval #11-2561]
- Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals [0.5 CMP, #11323]
- Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists [1 point, #2011-155]
- Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors [6.5 PDHs, Approval # CPC-2011-34]
- Canadian Society of Safety Engineers [7 CHSC maintenance points]
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Making Evidence-Informed Decisions in Environmental Health & Safety
In cooperation with the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
Date: To be Scheduled. Please contact Lydia Ma (lydia.ma@ubc.ca) for further information.
Certification Maintenance Points:
- American Board of Industrial Hygiene [1.09 points, #11-631]
- Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals [0.5 CMP, #11137]
- Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists [1 point, #2011-68]
- Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors [6.5 PDH, CoPE Unique Approval, #CPC-2011-02]
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Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review
In cooperation with the University of Washington, Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
Date: To be Scheduled. Please contact Lydia Ma (lydia.ma@ubc.ca) for further information.
Certification Maintenance Points:
- American Board of Industrial Hygiene [4.5 points, #10-4262]
- Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals [2.5 CMP, #11022]
- Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists [5 points, #2011-16]
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Professional Certification Maintenance Points
The following occupational health and safety professional organizations award our courses with certification maintenance points. Other professional organizations also accredit our professional development courses, including those for nurses, architects, interior designers and others as applicable. Custom Workshops
We also develop and present customized workshops that fit the training needs of organizations. Examples include:
- Indoor Environmental Quality 1-Day Refresher (Vancouver Coastal Health, Environmental Health)
- Indoor air quality: identification, assessment and management (Simon Fraser Health Region, BC)
- Indoor air quality in schools: identification, assessment and management (British Columbia Public Employers' Association)
- Air quality and health impact assessment (BC Ministry of Environment: Water, Air and Climate Change Branch)
Contact Us
Dr. Lydia Ma
Director, Continuing Education and Outreach
Tel: 604 822 9599
Fax: 604 822 6207
Dr. Ma is past Chair of the Minerva BC Working Group of Minerva Canada Safety Management Education Minerva Canada aims "to promote and to facilitate the efforts of universities and community colleges to develop appropriate educational resources for integrating occupational health and safety concepts into existing curricula and to assist faculty and staff in becoming informed on occupational health and safety issues." In recent years Dr. Ma presented lectures to students in the UBC Sauder School of Business on the role of occupational health and safety management excellence as an integral part of their future responsibility at all levels of leadership. Dr. Ma continues to provide information and insights into the field of occupational and environmental hygiene to undergraduate students as they explore options beyond their bachelors degree. |
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UBC School of Population & Public Health
2206 East Mall,
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z3
Tel: 604.822.2772
Fax: 604.822.4994
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