Fifth European Assessment in Occupational Medicine – 21 October 2024

Fifth European Assessment in Occupational Medicine – 21 October 2024 The 5th European Postgraduate Assessment in Occupational Medicine will take place on Monday, the 21st of October 2024, at the Domus Medica Europaea, Brussel The exam can be taken only in-person. Applicants must be: full specialist in occupational medicine, or trainee in occupational medicine one […]

In Memory of Professor Thomas McMahon

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing away of Professor Thomas McMahon, Past-President of the Irish Society of Occupational Medicine and a founder of our Section of Occupational Medicine of the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS) in 1995. Prof McMahon was also a constructive, valued and very active President of […]

Statement on preventing alcohol and illicit drug use in the workplace

The Section provided input and participated at the AlHaMBRA project workshops in 2022. The presentation is available here. The introductory speech is available at: https://vimeo.com/711198022/fe7b58aabc The revised Statement will be uploaded to our website after adoption. More information on the AlHaMBRA project: https://alh-thematic-workshop6-alcoholinworkplace.onsitevents.com/contenidos

COVID-19 as occupational disease

The Working Group of the Section developed a statement on COVID-19 as occupational disease because there is a strong need to prepare the criteria to recognize COVID due to the working environment. We set minimum criteria to recognize COVID-19 as occupational disease which should be equal for any profession where the exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 […]

Welcome to our new website

Welcome to the Section of Occupational Medicine’s new webpage. We are proud to present the  new website. Design and layout have been boosted and attempts have been made to make the information on the page more manageable and easily accessible and phone and tablet friendly. The site now has a calendar feature where it regularly […]