Overview of occupational and environmental medicine

Session details

Date:

Time:

12:00pm - 1:30pm (Toronto time)

Location:

Zoom videoconferencing

Didactic presentation by:

Anil Adisesh

Session objectives

At the end of the session, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe the roles and functions of an occupational health team and those of occupational physicians
  2. Recognize the common categories of occupational medical conditions
  3. Explain the relationship between the occupational and environmental aspects of OEM

Session resources

CaCBT for Canadians of South Asian Origin
Research led by CAMH with partner organizations nationwide to create tools for an evidence-based and effective psychotherapy for Canadians of South Asian origin. Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Didactic presentation: Overview of occupational and environmental medicine
In this presentation, Dr. Anil Adisesh discusses the roles and functions of an occupational physician and occupational health teams, the common categories of occupational medical conditions and the relationship between the occupational and environmental aspects of OEM.
Identifying and managing posttraumatic stress disorder
Warner CH, Warner CM, Appenzeller GN, Hoge CW. Identifying and managing posttraumatic stress disorder. Am Fam Physician. 2013 Dec 15;88(12):827-34. Erratum in: Am Fam Physician. 2014 Mar 15;89(6):424. Erratum in: Am Fam Physician. 2015 Jul 1;92(1):8A-10. Dosage error in article text. Source: PubMed
Treating PTSD: A Review of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Interventions
Watkins LE, Sprang KR, Rothbaum BO. Treating PTSD: A Review of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Interventions. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Nov 2;12:258. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00258. Source: PubMed
Work permit: About the process
Guidance on the work permit process in Canada. Source: Government of Canada

About presenter

Dr. Anil Adisesh received his medical degrees at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is UK trained in general medicine, with UK accreditation in family medicine and UK specialty accreditation in occupational medicine. 

Adisesh worked as Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the UK Health and Safety Executive national laboratory, Buxton. He was subsequently appointed the inaugural JD Irving Limited, Research Chair in Occupational Medicine at Dalhousie University, and was later Associate Professor and Division Director of Occupational Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He was also Head of the Division of Occupational Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto.

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