Educational programs future trends

For the most part, future trends will be found in liazard accident prevention, not liazard analysis. To help promote liazard accident prevention, companies should start employee-training programs. These programs should be designed to alert staff and employees about tlie liazards tliey are exposed to on tlie job. Training should also cover company safety policies and tlie proper procedures to follow in case an accident does occur. A major avenue to reducing risk will involve source reduction of hazardous materials. Risk education and communication are two other areas tliat will need iniprovemcnt. 

Change is most often evolutionary and not revolutionary. Reading the report of the Study Commission on Pharmacy today reinforces how slow change occurs when it involves changing the purpose of a profession or the basis of an educational program to produce a professional. Reading key historical documents such as the Commission report also demonstrates that today s practice and education trends forecast the future. Many of the... 

This chapter first introduces trends in bioengineering educational programs. A description of future opportunities is described, followed by a survey of employment and a career outlook, with some thoughts on finding a job in the realm of bioengineering. 

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