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:

• Summarize the methods used in this nationally representative study of associations between working hours and chronic kidney disease (CKD) among diabetic and non-diabetic employees.
• Identify the observed associations with CKD, including interactions between diabetes status and categories of working hours.
• Discuss potential mechanisms of the reported associations and the implications for policy and patient education."

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.