ACOEM’s Essentials of Occupational Medicine program will be comprised of approximately 60 individual courses in 15 sections and provides an excellent and comprehensive introduction to the clinical, technical, and professional concepts of the field for the non-specialist or new entrant.

This course covers Fitness for Duty Challenges. It explains why determining fitness for duty is important, mechanisms used to evaluate an individual, and how the medical profession plays a role in this determination. It is for all healthcare providers caring for working age adults.

 

Upon completion of this educational activity, learners should be able to:

• Understand the reasons to request Fitness for Duty (FFD) determinations.
• Review the potential outcomes of fitness for duty evaluation.
• Review potential complications of fitness for duty evaluation.
• Apply relevant laws to the fitness for duty process.

The course provides an excellent and comprehensive introduction to work disability prevention and management medicine for the non-OEM specialist or new entrant.

The activity is available on-demand, and those who register will receive access automatically. Please be sure that this is the course you wish to purchase as refunds are not permitted after the transaction is complete. Once the purchase has been completed you will be granted access to the online/on-demand activity. If this purchase was made in error, do not access the course. Refund requests must be received in writing within 24 hours of the purchase to educationinfo@acoem.org. Refunds will be issued for duplicate purchases if no progress has been made in the course and will be issued minus an administrative fee of $100.00. Refunds will not be provided for courses that have been accessed and/or started.