The goal of this resource is to provide health and safety information which allows healthcare workers to perform their job safely. I have taught various health and safety related courses for several years. In general, I have found most textbooks to be broad in nature and address safety from either an industrial or construction perspective. While this works for training future health and safety professionals who will be working in industry, some of the information contained in those books may either not apply to healthcare professionals or not be addressed from their perspective. I want to create a resource which healthcare professionals can immediately use and apply to their specific working conditions.
Dr. Mark Wilson is a clinical assistant professor for the Occupational & Environmental Health Sciences and the Biomedical Sciences programs in the School of Health Sciences at Purdue University. He received a B.S. and M.S. in industrial hygiene from Purdue University, a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) degree from National University of Health Sciences., and a Ph.D. in Public Health, with a concentration of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He teaches a variety of undergraduate courses which help prepare students for professional school in the healthcare field, along with both undergraduate and graduate level courses in occupational health and safety.