ACOEM’s Essentials of Occupational Medicine program will be comprised of 60 individual courses 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 first course in the program covers Graduated Return to Work, a transitional arrangement that enables workers to get back to work earlier after illness or injury, which provides significant personal, economic, and workforce benefits. This course is designed to equip health professionals to be better able to contribute to graduated return to work programs.

Upon completion of this educational activity, learners should be able to:
• Identify the health benefits of work.
• Describe the risks and benefits of early return to work.
• Identify role of the treatment provider in return to work.
• Identify return to work barriers.
• Facilitate persistent recovery in return-to-work initiatives.

The course provides an excellent and comprehensive introduction to graduated return to work programs for the non-OEM specialist or new entrant.

This 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.

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.