Presentation from International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative (IOMSC) Meeting June 28, 2014

International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative
Saturday, 28 June, 2014
Holiday Inn London --Bloomsbury

Participating Countries 2013 -2014
Australia
Finland
New Zealand
Slovak Republic
Brazil
Germany
Nigeria
Switzerland
Canada
India
Norway
The Netherlands
China
Ireland Republic
Philippines
UnitedKingdom
Denmark
KoreaRepublic
Portugal
United States
Estonia
Malaysia
Russian Fed.
Saturday 28 June, 2014 - London INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE SOCIETY COLLABORATIVE

Guests
Todd Hohn, Underwriters Labs., Inc -Sponsor
Jasminka Goldoni Laestadius , WorldBank
Professor Dame Carol Black,Expert Advisor on Work and Health to the U.K. Department of Health
John Harrison, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Devon and Cornwall Police
Paul Brandt-Rauf,MD, Dean, UIC School of Public Health, Editor JOEM

Meeting Goals
1.
Firm existing relationships among organizations; build new relationships.
2.
Build upon our dialogue of common global occupational health interests, opportunities, and challenges.
3.
Begin to address these issues by forming goals and standards for occupational medicine societies across the globe.
4.
Discuss long-term planning to sustain ongoing collaboration.

Issues Discussed
1.
Communicating the Value of OEM
2.
Defining the Role of the Occupational Medical Society
3.
Educating Practitioners

RecommendationsWorking Group: Communicating the Value of OEM
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What is the message that needs to be conveyed?
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Key communications to: Governments (federal and local).
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Key communications to: Business and Industry.
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Key communications to: Workers and Workplaces.

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Message to make an IMPACT:
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“We are the uniqueclinical medical specialty that positively impacts the health and productivity of our workforce and therefore the health of our nation’s economy. A healthy workforce is a healthy economy.”
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Methodology and distribution of message:
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Employ media outlets, especially social media
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Increase visibility, physical management presence
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Training must include MORE than “just medicine”
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Encompasses a broad spectrum beyond traditional occupational medicine

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Articulating the value
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Increasingly important specialty
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Unique training, reciprocal relationship between work and health (and costs)
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Sphere of influence is expanding
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Initiatives reach millions of workers
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One specialist impacts tens of thousands of employees and families annually
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Establish our “footprint”
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The number of workers impacted by your association’s members (ACOEM = 120 million)
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Ability to influence insurance and healthcare costs

RecommendationsWorking Group: Defining the Role of the Occ Med Society
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What is the “Code of Conduct” societies should follow?
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Identify keys to maximum effectiveness.
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Sectors in which societies should possess expertise? Saturday 28 June, 2014 - London INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE SOCIETY COLLABORATIVE

RecommendationsWorking Group: Defining the Role of the Occ Med Society
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Communicate ‘Meaning’
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Create Bridges for better healthy workers in healthy workplaces
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Simplify Complexity
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Educate
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Advocateeffectively & proactively
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Knowing our stakeholders intimately (members, govt., unions, etc)
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Define Develop and protect
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Standards of competence & capability
“We serve our members by serving others first.”

RecommendationsWorking Group: Educating Practitioners
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Practicing occupational health professionals
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New/inexperienced occupational health professionals
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Practitioners in other fields: GPs, Urgent Care, Emergency, others?)
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Academicians, educators, and faculty
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Training and accreditation for each group?

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Should incorporate leadership & management training in medical and residency training
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Information on occupational medicine should be incorporated into medical student education
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Reach out to other specialties to educate on broad aspects of occupational medicine
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Build pyramid to delineate responsibilities and develop competencies for specific occupational medical practices which can be accomplished by non board certified occupational medicine physicians

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Develop tool/case studies to explain occupational medicine worldwide to:
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Other specialties
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Medical students
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Employers
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Government

Deliverables
Work Group –Communicating Value of OEM

Define value statement of OEM and why it is important to a country.

Deliverables
Work Group –Defining the Role of the Occupational Medicine Society
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Communicate role of medical society by developing guidebook – format to establish/promote medical society.

Deliverables
Work Group –Educating Practitioners
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Build pyramid of core competencies for occupational medicine.

IOMSC –Who We Are
The IOMSC provides a forum for collaboration between representatives of occupational and environmental societies worldwide. The IOMSC provides a forum to:
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Share information
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Discuss issues of mutual concern
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Provide a unified voice on occupational medicine

IOMSC --Composition
One or two delegated representatives from occupational and environmental societies worldwide. Saturday 28 June, 2014 - London INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE SOCIETY COLLABORATIVE

Next Meeting
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Washington D.C.
Morning program –Visit to Capitol Hill
Afternoon program –WorldBank Headquarters

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