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COVID 19 and the Health Care Essential Workers Webinar
Speakers: Dr. Maureen Cividino, Dr. Sidney Siu and Dr. Alain Sotto
The Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine, the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada and the Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada are pleased to present the following webinar.
Attendees will learn:
- Pathophysiology of COVID-19, screening of Health Care Workers, and Work-Self-Isolation COVID-19 and the workplace.
- Essential workers and how to keep them at work after “exposure” or during “self-isolation.”
- PPE: face shield, N95s, KN95s, surgical/procedure mask, extended use, and recycling.
Click here to view the webinar recording.
Click here to view/download the slide presentation.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL IS UNDERWAY
The OMSOC member renewal period has begun, with the renewal date being January 1, 2020. Any member dues received between now and the start of the 2020 year will be counted towards the upcoming member cycle. Click here to renew today!
UGME OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CORE COMPETENCIES
These UGME Core Competencies were developed by the Undergraduate Medical Education Committee of the Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada (OMSOC). The physicians on this committee are from 8 Canadian Universities and are all involved in medical students’ education in occupational Medicine in their respective faculties. The residency program directors of the three specialty programs in Canada were also members of the committee. The Core Competencies were reviewed by the Ontario WSIB Workplace Champions Program. The program consists of an Occupational Medicine Faculty Lead from each of the six Ontario medical schools. The Competencies are also supported by OEMAC and the OMA section on Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Visit our educational resources page to view the Occupational Medicine Core Competencies
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OMSOC is Canada’s only medical society devoted to the specialty practice of occupational medicine. OMSOC brings together occupational medicine specialists and physicians from other specialties with an interest in occupational medicine to advise on health policy, encourage discussion and collaboration amongst stakeholders with whom OMSOC’s members interact, including physicians, employers, labour groups, and other allied health professionals, and to advance the specialty practice of occupational medicine through conferences and the training of future occupational medicine specialists.
The Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada is the recognized National Specialty Society for Occupational Medicine with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.