Nikhil Rajaram, Sylvie Hudon, Sebastian Straube, D Linn Holness
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Abstract
Objective: Workplace walk-throughs (WWs) are a sine qua non for gaining experience on how workplace hazards affect health. This study examines physicians' experiences participating in WWs.
Methods: This cross-sectional study examined responses from a module on WWs in a 2025 online Canadian survey of occupational medicine (OM) physicians. This was collected over a four-week period in winter 2025 and analyzed using SAS v. 9.4.
Results: 85/106 (80%) respondents performed at least one WW during their career, half under age 56 (n=39/82), about half (n=48/85) practicing for more than 25 years and most (80%, n=66/83) not performing WWs regularly in the past year. Common barriers included lack of compensation, access, support staff, time and training.
Conclusions: 20% of respondents reported never participating in WWs, and 55% of those that do participated in ≤20 during their career.
目的：工作场所演练（WWs）是获得关于工作场所危害如何影响健康的经验的必要条件。本研究考察了医生参与世界大战的经历。方法：这项横断面研究检查了2025年加拿大职业医学（OM）医生在线调查中WWs模块的反应。这是在2025年冬季的四周时间内收集的，并使用SAS v. 9.4进行分析。结果：85/106（80%）受访者在其职业生涯中至少进行过一次WW，一半年龄在56岁以下（n=39/82），大约一半（n=48/85）的练习时间超过25年，大多数（80%,n=66/83）在过去一年中没有定期进行WW。常见的障碍包括缺乏补偿、机会、支助人员、时间和培训。结论：20%的受访者表示从未参加过WWs，其中55%的人在职业生涯中参加过≤20次WWs。
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