Oct 27, 2021
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In this episode, Sarah sits down to have a discussion with the new Dalhousie JDI Chair of Occupational Health, Shane Journeay.
Resources:
Karasek paper - on job strain (1979): Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Implications for Job Redesign Author(s): Robert A. Karasek, Jr. Source: Administrative Science Quarterly , Jun., 1979, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 285-308
Contribution of work to common long diseases. The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Volume 199 Number 11 | June 1 2019
https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/core-units/DMNB/research/occupationalresearch.html
Paper from 2005 highlighting the burden of work on total injuries in USA: Injuries at Work in the US Adult Population: Contributions to the Total Injury Burden - Smith, Gordon S;Wellman, Helen M;Sorock, Gary S;Warner, Margaret;et al - American Journal of Public Health; Jul 2005; 95, 7; ProQues pg. 1213
Episode Guide:
0:05 Introduction
4:34 What is occupational medicine?
7:37 Promoting occupational recovery
10:17 Stress
17:42 Overflowing the cup
21:11 How the job has changed over the last 30 years
23:33 Preparing for a call shift
27:39 Promoting wellness in the workplace
33:26 What Shane hopes to bring to Dalhousie
36:51 Asking patients what they do for a living
41:45 Avoiding deconditioning
45:55 Parting words