Events

Society of Occupational Medicine and Royal Society of Medicine joint meeting

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE

We are pleased to invite you to a pivotal event focused on women's health and well-being in the workplace. The event will provide a dynamic platform to delve into the intricate interplay of women's hormonal physiology, discuss the challenges of menopause, address the prevalent issues of inequality and discrimination, and exchange knowledge and insights in a two-way discussion.

Distinguished medical experts will deliver presentations, offering a nuanced exploration of how these factors intersect with women's professional lives. Through these expert-led discussions, attendees will gain valuable insights into the physiological aspects of hormonal fluctuations, the impact of menopause on workplace dynamics, relevant mental resilience factors and the pervasive challenges of inequality and discrimination.

By attending you will:

- Gain a thorough knowledge of the various aspects of women's health, including the complexities of hormonal physiology and the challenges associated with menopause.

- Acquire practical strategies for integrating insights from the meeting into your professional practices.

- Learn how to become an advocate for workplace equality and to take action against discrimination.

The Annual SOM Apothecaries Lecture will be delivered by Dame Lesley Regan DBE, Womens Health Ambassador for England, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London.

Discounted rate for SOM members. For further details and to book, visit the RSM website here.

For the DOccMed and DipOHPrac*, The Occupational Health Academy presents... Portfolio Morning
THIS IS NOT A LIVE SESSION; THIS IS A RECORDING OF THE 2023 PORTFOLIO MORNING

This recording will expire on Wednesday 15th May 2024

Struggling to know what workplace to do for the FOM portfolio or which clinical case is reasonable to undertake and analyse? Wondering what information to put in each of the boxes or how to keep your word count down but still keep the relevant information? Want to see examples of high scoring portfolios? Then why not purchase The Occupational Health Academy's Portfolio Morning session. 

The Occupational Health Academy's Portfolio Morning will take you through an ideal risk assessment, clinical case and give you ideas for finding a suitable case for your portfolio. You will go through and analyse the FOM portfolio and the type of information needed, whilst also being mindful of its other purpose which is for your Mock Viva and make the latter process easier. The example portfolios and Q&A at the end is a very useful session to get more ideas on what to write. The Occupational Health Academy is here to help you with your exam application & portfolio submission!

This recording will expire on Wednesday 15th May 2024.

Full SOM members receive a 20% discount on the course fee. To receive the discount, please log in to your SOM account before registering. To upgrade to full membership from associate/student categories, please email membership@som.org.uk 

Non SOM-members can sign up as a full SOM member first and then access the 20% course discount. Join SOM here. If you have any queries, please email membership@som.org.uk

*Could also be utilised for LFOM exam preparation although not specific.

FREE for ALL (please log in on the SOM website first). 

Summary: 

This webinar continues our free-to-access series on "Basics in OH". It will cover critical new developments in Respiratory Crystalline Silica and Asbestos control. In addition, it will be recap on key occupational health practices and duties which support prevention and anticipation of harm arising from the two major causes of serious occupational respiratory disease. It will anticipate some developments to keep an eye out for in these areas which will be of interest to occupational health specialists.

Speaker Bio: Jason Hodgkiss, BOHS Honorary Treasurer, Specialist Member of the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene (MFOH(S), Managing Director On Advice Limited

Jason is a Qualified Occupational Hygienist with a specialist interest in Asbestos.

He is currently a member of the BOHS International Engagement Group, a Trustee of the UK Branch of Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB-UK), and on the advisory committee and communications team for Occupational Hygiene Training Association (OHTA).

Jason has been the Occupational Hygienist on one of the largest construction projects happening in the UK, hopefully making a difference on the ground, and encouraging the Construction Industry contractors to focus, to a greater extent, on worker health protection.  His challenge is to at least get ‘Health’ equal billing to the more immediate and obvious ‘Safety’ in the ‘Health and Safety’ equation.”

Chair: Professor Kaveh Asanati

FREE for ALL. You will then be sent the joining link.

FREE WEBINAR

In this webinar Paul Nicholson will discuss 12 works of art that will appear in future issues of Art and Occupation in the journal Occupational Medicine. He will also share plans for a book to be launched in 2025 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the SOM. The book will include 100 works of art created between the prehistoric and the present (c.5500BCE to 2021).

Speaker:

Paul Nicholson is a Past President of the SOM and a former Honorary Assistant Editor of the Society’s journal Occupational Medicine. He has been writing articles for the Art and Occupation series since October 2017.

Paul trained in occupational medicine in the RAF and with ICI, Chemicals and Polymers. He spent most of his career with P&G, his last job being Associate Medical Director for Global Medical Operations. Before retiring, he was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and the British Medical Association (BMA). He was elected to the board of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine three times, and was Chair of the BMA Occupational Medicine Committee for 8 years. He was awarded an OBE for services to occupational medicine in 2006.

Chair: tbc

FREE for ALL. Register online. You will then be sent the joining link.