Learning

Program

Experience the high-quality learning and expert instruction you've come to expect from ACOEM  in-person education from the convenience of your home or office. This three-half-day, 2023 Virtual Fall Summit offers daily themes including: The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change and Its Impacts on OEM, and Clinical OEM. 

Please note that times displayed in the the schedule below are noted in the Eastern Time Zone.

Program is subject to change. 

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

TIME TOPIC SPEAKER(S)
 12:30 – 12:45 PM ET  Welcome/Overview/President’s Address

 Kenji Saito, MD, JD, FACOEM                 President, ACOEM
 12:45 – 1:30 PM ET  AI in Occupational Medicine - Introduction to ChatGPT  Eric Jackson-Scott, MD, MPH
 1:30 – 1:45 PM ET  Session #1 Q&A
1:45 – 2:30 PM ET  PART 1:
 AI and Machine Learning in  Occupational Health: Current  research, practice, and  ethical/privacy implications		  Houshang Darabi, Ph.D.
 University of IL, Chicago
2:30 – 2:45 PM ET  Session #2 Q&A
 2:45 – 3:00 PM ET  BREAK
 3:00 – 3:45 PM ET PART 3:
The B Reader Program and Silicosis: A Niche For AI Technologies		  Glen Cheng, MD, JD, MPH
 3:45 – 4:00 PM ET Session #3 Q&A  
 4:00 – 4:45 PM ET  
 PART 2:
Predicting Turnover and Budgeting for Clinical Well-Being
 		   Sisi Hu, PhD
 Harvard Center for Labor and a Just Economy
 4:45 – 5:00 PM ET  Session #4 Q&A
 5:00 – 5:15 PM ET  Day 1 Wrap-up  Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH, FACOEM
 VA Long Beach Healthcare System
*Artificial Intelligence is a new and evolving topic. The presenters will help facilitate engagement with the topic without advocating for, or promoting, practices that are not, or not yet adequately based on current science, evidence, and clinical reasoning.

Thursday, November 16, 2023 | Climate Change and Its Impact on OEM
 
TIME  TOPIC  SPEAKER(S)
 12:40 – 12:45 PM ET  Welcome/Overview  Alya Khan, MD, MS, FACOEM
 12:45 – 1:15 PM ET  Lead – In Pipes  Cheryl Rook, RN
 OHCOW
 
 Kevin Hedges, PhD, CIH, COH
 OHCOW
 1:15 – 1:30 PM ET  Session #1 Q&A
 1:30 – 2:00 PM ET  Libby Amphibole Disease  Jaime Szeinuk, MD, MS
 Northwell Health
 2:00 – 2:15 PM ET  Session #2 Q&A
 2:15 – 2:30 PM ET  BREAK
 2:30 – 3:15 PM ET  The East Palestine Derailment: What Happened, What Did We Learn, and How Do We Move Forward?  Kevin Trangle, MD, MHA, MBA, FACOEM
 
 Teresa Ehnert
 State of Arizona
 
 Susan Santos, PhD, MS, BS
 FOCUS GROUP Risk Communication and  Environmental Management Consulting
 3:15 -3:30 PM ET  Session #3 Q&A
 3:30 – 4:15 PM ET  The Effects of Wildfires
 		  Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM
 Mount Sinai
 4:15 – 4:30 PM ET  Session #4 Q&A
 4:30 - 4:45 PM ET  Day 2 Wrap-up  Alya Khan, MD, MS, FACOEM


Friday, November 17, 2023 | Clinical OEM
 
 TIME  TOPIC                          SPEAKER(S)
 12:40 – 12:45 PM ET  Welcome/Overview  Judith McKenzie, MD, MPH, FACOEM
 12:45 – 1:30 PM ET  COVID-19 BOOSTER  Judith O’Donnell, MD
 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM ET  Session #1 Q&A
 1:45 – 2:30 PM ET  Silicosis and Engineered Stone  Robert Harrison, MD, MPH
 California Department of Public  Health
 2:30 – 2:45 PM ET  Session #2 Q&A
 2:45 – 3:00 PM ET  BREAK
 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM ET  How to Approach Preventing and Mitigating Workplace Violence in Healthcare Settings  Michael Hodgson, MD, MPH 
 OSHA/DOL/US
 3:45 – 4:00 PM ET  Session #3 Q&A
 4:00 – 4:45 PM ET  Occupational Color Vision: Standards, Testing and Rationale  Jeffrey L. Weaver, OD, MBA, MS
 University of Missouri – St. Louis
 4:45 – 5:00 PM ET  Session #4 Q&A
 5:00 - 5:15 PM ET  Day 3 Wrap -up  Judith McKenzie, MD, MPH, FACOEM
 

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