American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's Occupational and Environmental Medicine Competencies—2014

Abstract

In 1998, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) recognized the need for defining important competencies for occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) physicians and published its original set of OEM Competencies,1 which were updated in 2008.2 The evolving US health care system, along with recently published research on how OEM physicians actually practice medicine,3–8 the increasing globalization of the workplace, and changes in the way US medical residency programs define clinical competency,9–15 all contributed to the need for a fresh look at OEM Competencies, presented in this revised document. 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