Course Director Workshop Information
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Course Director Workshop Information
Curriculum and Learning Objectives
| Time | Topic | Minutes allocated | Content Elements (With emphasis on "How to Teach") |
| 8:00 AM | Contemporary CAOHC Issues | 30 |
Overview & objectives of this workshop; CAOHC website; CPOs-intro of Council; OSHA-MSHA-DoD; OHC & PS Scope of Practice; PS vs. Program Manager. |
| 8:30 AM | OHC Course Requirements | 60 |
Planning a course (fees, marketing, location, faculty); Course approval requirements and forms; Curriculum (combined courses, disciplines, ratios); CD Handbook; CAOHC HC Manual; Exam requirements and Exam bank and how to use the EXAM as a learning tool; states with OHC certification; |
| 9:30 AM | Break | 20 |
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| 9:50 AM | Marketing your CAOHC Course | 20 |
CAOHC resources |
| 10:10 AM | Quality Assurance | 20 |
CAOHC's policy and process |
| 10:30AM | Audiometry Issues | 90 |
Manual v. microprocessor v. computer driven; teaching manual audiometry; test environment; difficult to test; hearing aids; mobile van considerations; audiogram review (including HIPAA constraints); STS - with/without age correction; referral criteria; OHCs role in audiogram review; record retention; HIPAA issues; database management and maintenance; training resources, training formats, motivational strategies, NIOSH simulator, PowerPoint tips, etc. |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch (Provided) | 45 |
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| 12:45 PM | Hearing Protection Issues | 45 |
Selection considerations (NRR (Method B info) real-world performance, derating); effects of hearing protectors on the ability to communicate in noise;dual protection; special HPDs; |
| 1:30 PM | Teaching Noise Measurement, Noise Control and Physics of Sound |
60 |
Using "sampling of CAOHC slide curriculum "Noise Measurement" and "Physics of Sound" |
| 2:30 PM | Break | 15 |
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| 2:45 PM | EXAM | 15 |
Written |
| 3:00 PM | Strategies for Successful Practicum | 60 |
Audiometric testing; odd student policy; otoscopic exam; HPD Practicum; how to design an HPD program (selecting, fitting monitoring). |
| 4:00 PM | Wrap-up & Review (Exam) | 30 |
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| 4:30 PM | Adjourn |
Learning Objectives
After completing this training, attendees will be able to:
- Develop course curricula that meet CAOHC's current requirements for Occupational Hearing Conservationist (OHC) certification and recertification courses.
- Successfully accomplish procedural actions required by CAOHC of a Course Director (CD) before, during and after CAOHC-approved OHC courses.
- Implement contemporary and motivational teaching techniques and available resources (including those provided by CAOHC) for effective hearing conservation training.
- Recognize how recent changes in federal hearing conservation regulations influence the conduct of CAOHC-approved OHC courses.
- Prepare instructional materials that incorporate recent scientific and technical advances in hearing conservation for use in training conducted by CDs and OHCs.
