Welcome to AFOEM
The Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the professional organisation committed to establishing and maintaining the standard of training and practice of Occupational Medicine in Australasia. Occupational Medicine is a medical specialty where highly-trained specialists focus on the effects of work on health and (conversely) health on work. It understands the full range of workplace and environmental hazards (chemical, physical, biological & psychosocial), associated risks of exposure to such hazards, and how these may cause an adverse impact on biological health, such as injury or illness. It covers all occupational/work groupings, and understands the nature of such work in terms of inherent task requirements, environment, and human ergonomics.
To find out more about Occupational & Environmental Physicians, download the AFOEM Occupational & Environmental Physician Brochure.
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This website is designed to provide information and resources for Fellows and Trainees of the Faculty, as well as for health professionals who are interested in specialising in Occupational or Environmental Medicine. Please use the navigation toolbar (above) to access different sections of our website. To ensure content compatability, we recommend that you use Mozilla Firefox as your Internet Browser for both Windows and Mac platforms. We at the Faculty value your input and should you have any comments regarding the content, presentation, or any other matters regarding to the Faculty's website, please feel free to contact us at: afoem@racp.ed.au.
News and Upcoming Events
We are currently in the process of implementing a web-based calendar so that all Faculty-related events such as conferences, meetings, and application dates can be readily available to you.
In the meantime, we will continue to notify you of upcoming events through the Faculty's eNewsletter. If you wish to subscribe to the eNewsletter, please drop us a line at: afoem@racp.edu.au and we will add you to the subcription list. Similarly, should you wish to unsubscribe from the service, please let us know.
2009 Annual Training Meeting (ATM)
Saturday 16 - Sunday 17, May 2009; James Packer Auditorium, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW2009 Annual Scientic Meeting (ASM)
Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20, May 2009; Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, NSW2009 Physicians Week
Sunday 17 - Thursday 21, May 2009; Sydney Convention & Exhbition Centre, Darling Harbour, NSW
Further details for these events (e.g., speakers, topics, schedule, cost, etc) will be released and uploaded to the Faculty's website before Christmas.