Workers in the U.S. and Worldwide: "An Endangered Species?" and Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
 
Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, learners will be able to:

  • Analyze the scope of their role in integrating occupational and environmental health factors into clinical practice.
  • Integrate current medical knowledge regarding established and emerging occupational and environmental risk factors into preventive health strategies.
  • Recognize historical patterns of occupational and environmental illness and injury, as well as identify emergent presentations.
  • Critically appraise scientific data related to the influence of occupational and environmental factors on various disease processes.
  • Formulate comprehensive differential diagnoses that incorporate a broad spectrum of environmental and occupational etiologies for various disease processes.
  • Apply state-of-the-art updates to inform the prioritization of clinical care, research, and public health policy
  • Implement appropriate regulatory management strategies for specific work-related scenarios.