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Occupational Diseases: a four-day international update for occupational physicians in Europe

based on the “EU Information Notices on Occupational Diseases, a guide to diagnosis” (revised version, 2009).

Work-related illness and accidents should be cut by a quarter across the European Union in the period 2007-2012 under a new five-year strategy for health and safety at work, recently adopted by the European Commission. A major tool to reach this aim is the use of non-binding instruments such as exchange of good practices, awareness-raising campaigns, and better information and training.

The update of the Information Notices on Occupational Diseases: a Guide to Diagnosis has arrived at the right moment. The reason to develop and to update these Information Notices, is to improve knowledge about the causal relationship between the diseases and exposures in the workplace, and thus to improve prevention. With the development of a European course, EFOH strongly promotes the application of the Notices all over Europe. The Notices are the basis for this course, and additional teaching materials have been developed. Some experts of the EU committee that prepared the Notices, will participate as teachers in this course.

Target Group
Medical doctors / occupational physicians from all over Europe, who want to keep themselves up to date.

Why you should attend:

• Aimed at practitioners.
• You get the latest information on major occupational diseases in Europe.
• The venue is one of the most interesting cities of northern Europe.
• The course is given by members of the EU expert committee, including the chairman, Prof Tar-Ching Aw, senior members of EFOH (Drs.Piet Kroon and Andre Weil), and other expert members of the EU working group on diagnosis of occupational diseases (Prof.Maija Eglite, Drs. Gert van der Laan and Teake Pal)
• Live patient demonstrations
• Interesting factory visits.
• Good company of colleagues from several countries.
• Accreditation for seventeen CME points.

CME credits
Full participation will be rewarded with a certificate with value of 17 CME credits.

Registration
Send an e-mail to info [at] efoh [dot] eu
Or: complete and submit the contact form on the EFOH website www.efoh.eu

More detailed information and registration: www.efoh.eu