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, login 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:

• Define the concept of anchor businesses and their potential importance to the health of small- to medium-sized communities.
• Discuss the methods used in the study to assess anchor business closures and their impact on COVID-19 transmission during the early months of the pandemic.
• Summarize the findings on how anchor business closures affected community trends in positive COVID-19 tests."

This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals who specialize in or have an interest in OEM. Advanced practitioners such as industrial hygienists, safety professionals and environmental health specialists will receive value from participating in the activity.