ACOEM offers CME for reading selected articles in our peer-reviewed Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM). One (1) credit can be earned per article.

To earn credits, you must have an active individual subscription to JOEM for the issue in which the ACOEM Online CME course is offered. The CME activity itself must not be expired.

To access the online exam, after reading the article referenced in the title of this product and purchasing the CME product, log in to ACOEM Connect. Go to My ACOEM, then Education, and then Access Online Education to complete the online exam and evaluation.

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

• Discuss previous evidence on factors affecting associations between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence (SA), including pain, common mental disorders (CMD), and genetic factors.
• Summarize the new findings on the relationship between psychosocial working conditions and SA, accounting for the effects of pain and CMD.
• Discuss the study implications for efforts to prevent SA.

This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals who specialize in or have an interest in Occupational and Environmental Medicine topics.