Sixth European Assesment in Occupational Medicine – 20 October 2025
Applications: The deadline for submission is September 30th, 2025 Sixth European Assesment in Occupational Medicine – 20 October 2025 The 6th European Postgraduate Assessment in Occupational Medicine will take place on Monday, the 20th of October 2025, at the Domus Medica Europaea, Brussel The exam can be taken only in-person. Applicants must be: full specialist […]
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CHALLENGES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
An international meeting in Bled aimed to an exchange of experiences of Occupational Medicine medical specialists and researchers. An occasion to emphasize the relevance of the European Exam in Occupational Medicine, and further promote the participation The International Meeting “OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CHALLENGES IN THE DIGITAL AGE”, with participants from several European Countries, was held […]
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 […]