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April 23, 2019
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Mentoring: Something for Everybody

Many professionals have learned so much from their career that the next logical step is sharing those experiences with others. Then there are those who are looking for someone more seasoned to help them navigate the rough waters of the profession. Br...
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March 5, 2019
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A Deep Dive into the Trends That Affect IH/OH

Earlier this year, AIHA issued its first-ever biennial State of AIHA Research Report (PDF). The report is a thorough analysis of the trends and issues affecting the fields of industrial hygiene and occupational health. These trends include the changi...
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February 7, 2019
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Still Learning

Preparing for a New HazCom Assessment

Are you an SDS author, a label preparer, a product steward, or an industrial hygienist with responsibility for your hazard communication program? If you are, you should consider becoming a registered SDS and Label Author through the AIHA Registry Pro...
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May 16, 2017
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What I Need to Know Now

My wife recently made a career change after having taught young children for many years. Her new position required her to immediately develop technology skills that those of us who work with computers every day take for granted. The learning curve wa...
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April 21, 2017
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Embracing Emerging Disciplines

How do you develop education on a topic when an accepted body of knowledge doesn’t exist? In the early 2000s, the emerging topic in supply chain management was radio frequency identification (RFID). Most of the available information dealt with expe...
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January 24, 2017
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A Matter of Choice

Recently a group of us gathered in a meeting room at AIHA headquarters to make selections for an upcoming project. We had received a large number of applications, and in reading through the submissions I was struck by how each one was excellent in it...
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December 13, 2016
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Expert Advice

Adriaan de Groot was a 20th-century psychologist who studied the cognitive processes of world-class chess players. His research found that when these individuals look at chessboards, they recognize familiar game configurations and foresee the subsequ...
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October 25, 2016
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Planting Seeds

A few weeks ago my wife and I went hiking with another couple. It was a beautiful early autumn day that provided great conversation and some much-needed exercise. We started talking about our children and how we each still have one in college, and th...
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September 27, 2016
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Embracing the Virtual Conference Experience

There’s an oddly persistent idea that has been heard in the learning community for years. It’s the idea that if you broadcast the sessions from your conference, you run the risk of cannibalizing your face-to-face audience. After all, if someone can w...
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August 30, 2016
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Not to Lecture You…

I was talking recently with an AIHA member about the sessions he’d attended at various conferences. He lamented that even when valuable information is presented, the speaker’s delivery can leave much to be desired. “But,” he said, “I get it. We’re sc...
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August 16, 2016
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  • Washington Insider

A Course for Noise Control

Often, people say in jest that they are able to tune out noise. But noise means different things to different people, and whether it’s background noise or white noise, our response to noise is subjective. When does noise become problematic in a work...
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June 22, 2016
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  • Washington Insider

My Site Visit to Clariant

As a new AIHA staff member with no prior knowledge or experience in industrial hygiene, one of my primary tasks was to learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible, about the field. While reading The Synergist and exploring the AIHA website was...
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