The Public Health Service in radiological health / Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Public Health Service.

  • United States Public Health Service
Date:
[1961]
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    Trains professional personnel to meet national, State, and local needs ~ie me The shortage of people trained and experi- enced enough to staff effective radiological health services at Federal, State, and local levels is critical. ‘To overcome this shortage, DRH supplies: UNIVERSITY LIAISON AND FINANCIAL SUP- PORT: Knowledge in radiological health requires instruction at colleges and universities in subjects new to the curriculums leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees in medicine, public health, and engineering. DRH works closely with faculty offi- cials in an effort to encourage the rapid addition of radiation-related courses to the curriculums in these disciplines. Financial support is also given. In fiscal year 1961, grants totaling $500,000 were awarded to 15 universities by DRH for this purpose. SHORT COURSES: Intensive 1- and 2-week train- ing is given by DRH instructors on general and specific applications of techniques in radiation pro- tection and control, and in the basic knowledge required for work in this field. Students at these courses, which are conducted at DRH laboratories, are State and local health department officers, and professional personnel from Federal agencies, industry, colleges and universities, and foreign countries. TECHNICAL AIDS: Textbooks, course manuals, bulletins, exhibits, research papers, films, and slides are prepared and distributed by DRH. These mate- rials are made available to augment radiological health training activities wherever such activities are conducted and under all auspices. ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC TRAINING: Physi- cists, engineers, physicians, dentists, and other pro- fessional staff of the Public Health Service are given advanced training in radiological health subjects such as nuclear physics, radiobiology, radiochemistry, health physics, and nuclear engineering, at colleges and universities throughout the United States.