CLAIM CREDIT FOR WOHC 2022!   

On behalf of the WOEMA Board of Directors and the Western Occupational Health Conference (WOHC) planning committee, we thank you for attending the 66th annual WOHC at the luxurious Silverado Resort and Spa in beautiful Napa, California! This was our first hybrid conference with both live and virtual attendance options. We are delighted that so many attended in person. 

If you have not already completed your evaluations and claimed CE credit for WOHC 2022, please do so at your earliest convenience.  Log in to the WOEMA CME system website and use the login credentials you used for the meeting.  (Your email is your username.) Click the "CLAIM CREDIT" link in the main menu or click the button below to access the CME System.  You will be able to claim credit when you complete the overall conference evaluation.  If you have completed your claim for QME, AAFP or Nursing Credit, you will be able to download your certificate on the CME System site. 

If you previously completed your claim for AMA Credit (ACOEM) and submitted the paper/pdf form, your credit has been sent to ACOEM and your certificate will be emailed.    

If you wish to review learning materials from WOHC, please log into the Whova app.  Session recordings (for much of the conference), slide decks and handouts are available on the agenda page for each session.  

We look forward to seeing you next year in Anaheim!

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About WOEMA

Our Mission: The mission of the Western Occupational and Environmental Medical Association (WOEMA), and of the Western Occupational Health Conference (WOHC), is to equitably promote and protect the health, safety, and well-being of all individuals at work and in their environment through education, engagement, leadership and advocacy. WOEMA advocates for health equity through justice, diversity and inclusion.

The Benefits of Membership

The American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine and its component society, the Western Occupational & Environmental Medicine Association, are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of care in occupational and environmental medicine through Education, Service and Leadership. Your membership will enhance the stature and recognition of the specialty and strengthen the voice of OEM in health policy debates while promoting new levels of competency in the prevention and treatment of illness, injury, and disability in the work environment and community.

ACOEM/WOEMA members enjoy numerous practical benefits:

  • MAINTAINING CERTIFICATION
  • PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS
  • CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
  • PRESTIGE
  • PROFESSIONAL DISCOUNTS
  • ACTION FOR CHANGE
  • FUN!
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History of WOEMA

Physicians and Surgeons

By Christopher Leggo, C.M., M.D.
The Father, Founder and First Secretary
Crockett, California

This account of the early history of the Western Industrial Medical Association is written as a personal document for those who may be interested and is not phrased for publication. Being informal, it may reveal personal events which would not be of interest to general readers, nor might the presentation of the material to them be in good taste. If it is filed away in the archives of the Association, some future scribe may draw on it for material, or some currently ambitious author may find as great judgment required in what he deletes as in what he includes.

It is inevitable that since I took the initiative in organizing the Association, there will be an egotistical flavor to this account. There will be either frank or implied claims of good foresight. There will be carefully rationed references to some blind spots in judgment.

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WOEMA Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month 2022

November is Native American Heritage Month, also known as American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Heritage Month. WOEMA honors the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of the first Americans while also acknowledging the public health and environmental challenges that AI/AN people continue to face and strive to overcome.

Today, 9.7 million people in the United States (2.9% of the population) identify as AI/AN alone or in combination with other races. There are 574 federally recognized tribes located in 35 states. AI/AN lands extend over 100 million acres, including 44 million acres in Alaska. (1) Native lands are sovereign territories, which ensures authority to establish policies and priorities most appropriate for the individual communities. For example, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, AI/AN communities exhibited ingenuity and resourcefulness to develop policies that resulted in high vaccination rates and effective community mitigation strategies.

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