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

Canadian Mental Health Association Mental Health and Addiction Services
CMHA Ontario’s 27 branches provide community mental health services across Ontario. Find a list of programs offered by the branch nearest to your patient. Source: Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2023 Update on Clinical Guidelines for Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults
Lam RW, Kennedy SH, Adams C, Bahji A, Beaulieu S, Bhat V, Blier P, Blumberger DM, Brietzke E, Chakrabarty T, Do A, Frey BN, Giacobbe P, Gratzer D, Grigoriadis S, Habert J, Ishrat Husain M, Ismail Z, McGirr A, McIntyre RS, Michalak EE, Müller DJ, Parikh SV, Quilty LS, Ravindran AV, Ravindran N, Renaud J, Rosenblat JD, Samaan Z, Saraf G, Schade K, Schaffer A, Sinyor M, Soares CN, Swainson J, Taylor VH, Tourjman SV, Uher R, van Ameringen M, Vazquez G, Vigod S, Voineskos D, Yatham LN, Milev RV. Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2023 Update on Clinical Guidelines for Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults: Réseau canadien pour les traitements de l'humeur et de l'anxiété (CANMAT) 2023 : Mise à jour des lignes directrices cliniques pour la prise en charge du trouble dépressif majeur chez les adultes. Can J Psychiatry. 2024 Sep;69(9):641-687. doi: 10.1177/07067437241245384. Epub 2024 May 6. Source: PubMed
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Childhood Trauma Toolkit
Includes childhood trauma screening questionnaires and checklists. 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.
Krasman Centre
The Krasman Centre is a Consumer/Survivor Initiative offering peer support-based programs, physical hubs and resources for people with lived experience of mental health, substance use and housing challenges, and their family and friends. Serving York Region, areas of Simcoe
County and North Toronto, with drop-in centres in Richmond Hill, Newmarket and Alliston. Source: Krasman Centre
Power over Pain Portal
The Power Over Pain is a direct response to Health Canada's Action Plan for Pain in Canada. The goal is to provide access to free resources in a one-stop shop. Resources include articles, videos, podcasts, courses, workshops, and peer support. The site also links you to national and provincial services for health advice/counseling from healthcare professionals. Source: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
STOP bang questionnaire
A screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea. Source: Stopbang.ca
The Whole Day Matters: Primary care toolkit
This toolkit is designed to assist primary care providers in Canada with promoting optimal levels of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep (i.e., "movement behaviours") in line with the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults. Source: Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
What is fibromyalgia?
A video explaining fibromyalgia by Dr. Andrea Furlan, MD PhD. Source: Fibromyalgia Association Canadian

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.

Case presentations

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