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A FOM-approved course in preparation for the FOM Diploma in Occupational Health Practice Examination (DipOHPrac). 

The course covers:

- Introduction to Occupational Health
- Effects of work on health
- Clinical Occupational Health and Management 
- Assessment of Actual Workplace Scenarios

Course Leaders: Dr Lanre Ogunyemi, Dr Alan Bray and Dr Steven Sadhra

Course Dates: Monday 6th January - Friday 10th January and Monday 27th January - Friday 31st January 2025 (Virtual – Online)

Price: £3,480 including VAT

Click here to view more information and register your interest.

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

A framework for managing the sudden and unexpected death of a colleague in the primary care setting

Hosted by SOM with The Louise Tebboth Foundation.

Wednesday January 15th 2025 at 3pm.  

To launch A framework for managing the sudden and unexpected death of a colleague in the primary care setting - download here. See also the updated version of Responding to the death by suicide of a colleague in primary care - download here.

These two guides include useful practical advice. This webinar will discuss the guides, and celebrate the progress made on supporting practices bereaved by sudden death since 2020.  

Webinar to be presented by Professor Gail Kinman, Birkbeck, University of London; Dr Rebecca Torry, an experienced GP and trustee of The Louise Tebboth Foundation; and Dr Morag King, who led on setting up the RCGP Sudden Bereavement Support team.

Welcome by Nick Pahl, SOM CEO and Introduction by Alex Freeman.

Bios: 

Gail Kinman is Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. She is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and a Director of the Council for Work and Health. Gail has a particular interest in the wellbeing of people whose work is emotionally demanding with a high risk of burnout, and she has published widely in this area.

Rebecca Torry MB B Chir, FRCGP retired from clinical practice in 2021, after 30 years as a GP partner and trainer in South London. She had a dual career as a GP and a medical educator and was at various times a Programme Director for GP training, a tutor for new GPs, an Associate Dean and finally, until 2018, Head of GP School for South London.  She holds Masters qualifications in Medical Education (Dundee) and Medical Ethics and Law (Manchester); has worked in various contexts as a volunteer doctor and educator in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, on the Peruvian Amazon and in Central Asia. Friend and practice colleague Dr Louise Tebboth, who also joined on her trip to Central Asia, died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 40. Rebecca is a trustee of the Louise Tebboth Foundation and has written at various times about the impact of her death on the practice. As an RCGP Adviser, she is part of their Sudden Bereavement Support service. 

Dr Sine Morag King MB ChB FRCGP has over 30 years’ experience of working within primary care as a full-time partner and GP trainer. She always had an interest in both personal and practice development and was one of the first GPs to obtain RCGP Fellowship by Assessment. Her practice was the first in England to gain a second Quality Practice Award. Following retirement from clinical practice in 2015, Morag worked with the RCGP, initially as a GP Adviser providing peer support to practices placed in special measures by the CQC, as part of a multidisciplinary team. supporting team development and quality improvement. She was then closely involved in development of the scope of support which resulted in the team being shortlisted for a BMJ Award in 2021. She then undertook a new leadership role as a Deputy Clinical Lead for the Primary Care Development (PCD) Programme leading a multidisciplinary team of 80 Advisers to provide a bespoke service to any primary care provider requiring help within England. She also supported work in both England and Wales, by providing data reports on practices and by editing scoping reports. She was also involved in training others to continue this work. From 2021, she had an additional responsibility in developing and managing a new team within PCD, Sudden Bereavement Support, to give practical support to practices in England, experiencing the sudden loss by bereavement of a key member. Prior to her retirement in April 2024, and informed by the team's experience, she was able to refresh the team and broaden its scope to offer limited support to any practice in England and Wales, experiencing sudden bereavement of any team member.

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

Join the Society of Occupational Medicine for an essential webinar introducing Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs) and their growing importance in occupational health.

Many OH providers may be unfamiliar with FCEs, but these evaluations are invaluable for accurately assessing an employee’s ability to perform their job, making informed return-to-work decisions by gathering objective data, and reducing absence and injury-related costs.

This session will highlight the benefits and return on investment of FCEs, and explain how Occupational Therapists (OTs) and Physiotherapists can deliver these assessments to support both employees and employers.

Discover why FCEs could be a vital addition to your occupational health toolkit.

Chair: Jo Vallom Smith

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

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

Summary: 

This exclusive webinar will cover the following:

•    Current volumes and the need to scale provision
•    Transdiagnostic mapping research and the need to move away from label
•    Focus on functional performance of everyday skills
•    Current vs triage cost model for provision
•    Case study from an OH provider how the triage model has affected employee outcomes and employer costs
•    Q&A

Speaker Bio:

Dr Nancy Doyle C. Psychol is a Visiting Professor of Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London and is the founder and Chief Science Officer of Genius Within CIC, an international B-corp and non-profit. Genius Within provides coaching, assessment, training, HR consultancy and scalable digital services to thousands of businesses each year. Genius Within won the Queen’s Award for Business in 2022. Nancy has worked in disability inclusion since the late 1990s and has personally delivered hundreds of diagnostic assessments, workplace needs assessments and coaching programs for neurodivergent people. Nancy is an ADHDer, and her company is a majority disabled business, with around two thirds of the 250 employees and associates identifying as neurodivergent, disabled or both. Nancy therefore has lived experience of both overcoming career barriers, supporting others to do so, and learning how to manage boundaries around reasonableness within a marginalised team.

Tim Heard: Tim brings two decades of comprehensive experience in occupational health, safety, and wellbeing. His expertise encompasses the management of psychological risk at the organisational level, consultancy, and the implementation of company-wide wellbeing strategies. Tim is adept at providing innovative solutions tailored to support his clients effectively.
Tim’s role demands agile thinking and an open-minded approach to the diverse challenges companies encounter in enhancing employee wellbeing. He also possesses extensive experience in managing sickness absence across a broad spectrum of medical conditions.
In the past two years, Tim has focused on enhancing HCML’s support for neurodiversity. His dedication to creating scalable solutions has resulted in robust support systems for individuals facing neurodiversity-related challenges in the workplace.
 

Chair: Dr Adrienne Barker Corrigall 

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