The History of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Occupational Medicine Becomes a Specialty - Part IV

TRACK: Management and Administration in OEM

Jim Morris, Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC
Robert R. Orford, MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
Glenn S. Pransky, MD, MOCCH, FACOEM, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA

The ACOEM Section on History and Archives is pleased to present a series of presentations on the history of occupational and environmental medicine (OEM), from the origins of occupational medicine over 300 years ago to the formation of a national organization of occupational health physicians in the U.S. 100 years ago, to the rapid evolution of the specialty over the past thirty years as modern programs and concepts have arisen in many areas of occupational medical practice. Speakers include ACOEM leaders with a great deal of personal knowledge and experience, including some who have themselves been instrumental in developing the specialty of OEM in their areas of expertise. The fourth session will review the roles of government, labor, and industry in the U.S. from the perspective of a federal occupational health and safety administrator, consider changes in the practice of OEM, particularly with respect to the occupational health physician’s role in workers’ compensation and disability management, and describe the maturation of occupational medicine as a specialty, with respect to training, certification, ethics and professionalism, and the formation and development of ACOEM and other professional organizations. This session was organized by the History and Archives Special Interest Section. This session may be of particular interest to residents and recent graduates.