Event details
Diploma in Occupational Medicine
27 February - 9 March 2012
28 Portland Place, London, W1B 1LY
The RSPH is approved by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) to run the FOM course to prepare candidates for the Diploma in Occupational Medicine?s written examination and the oral examination based on a portfolio.
Aims
The FOM Diploma has been designed for registered practitioners. It demonstrates that the holder has achieved a competence appropriate to a generalist working in occupational health. This course is the foundation level qualification required for occupational medicine.
Course Content / Objectives:
- Epidemiology
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- The examination
- Occupational lung disorders
- Occupational mental health disorders
- Toxicology Industrial relations
- Occupational skin disease
- Biological monitoring Occupational health law
- Disability assessment
By the end of the course, participants should:
Be competent to seek and apply special information and techniques in Occupational medicine; Be conversant with current thinking on the application of appropriate legislation; Satisfy all the requirements of the Faculty?s Diploma Core Syllabus.
For further information, see the RSPH website.