Introductory Course in Occupational Medicine - Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Introductory Course In Occupational Medicine’ January and April 2024 intakes are now fully subscribed.

For all enquiries, please use the following contact details and reference ‘Introductory Course in Occupational Medicine’

Email: newcastle.ohs@nhs.net

Tel: 0191 282 1188

The course also offers preparation for:

Diploma in Occupational Medicine: DOccMed (fom.ac.uk)
Diploma in Occupational Health Practice: Diploma in Occupational Health Practice (DipOHPrac) (fom.ac.uk)

Course information

The course is delivered fully online over 8 or 10 weeks (2 x 2 hour sessions per week)

8 week course = certificate

10 week course = certification and eligibility to apply for the FOM diplomas

Course format

The course will be delivered via MS Teams™ – in the online presentations/interactive sessions, there will be a maximum of 12 learners. There will be 1-2 tutors presenting.

Additionally, there will be the provision of 1:1 leaner to tutor sessions across the four modules. There will be 1hr of 1:1 support per module i.e. a total of 5 hours of 1:1 support across the course.

This course is deliberately designed to ensure that the provision of 1:1 learner to tutor support takes place. This will allow for the tutors and learners to provide bespoke and enhanced discussions to meet the needs of that learner, and to allow for timely and regular feedback to the tutors about the delivery of the course.

Each learner will have their own electronic workbook which will set out each week’s topics covered in the presentations and the workbook will directly map to the FOM curriculum, so that the learner will be able to note the successful completion of the various modules. This workbook will be discussed at the start of the course during the learner’s induction and introduction to the course.

Course content

The course covers the FOM syllabus for the Diploma in Occupational Health Practice and Diploma in Occupational Medicine.

The main topics covered are:

The Diploma Examination
How to write the Diploma Portfolio
Occupational health: principles, concepts, and services
Effects of work on health
Legal aspects in occupational health
Principles of occupational hygiene, toxicology, ergonomics, epidemiology and their applications
Assessment of fitness to work
Rehabilitation and redeployment
Assessing workplace risks
Health surveillance
Risk control and management
The physical working environment (noise, vibration, radiation, temperature)
Absence management
Investigation of clinical cases
Conducting workplace visits and ranking of risks
Tendering for occupational health services