September 28, 2025Open Access

The future of occupational medicine training in Europe and the United States

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Occupational medicine faces an existential threat due to underrepresentation in medical education.
A lack of exposure to occupational medicine may hinder future medical practitioners' ability to address worker health.
Improving curricula could better prepare students to recognize and mitigate workplace hazards.
Addressing this educational gap may encourage more students to consider occupational medicine as a specialty.

Resumen

Occupational Medicine (OM) education has historically been underrepresented in medical school curricula in Europe 6 and the United States 7. Although workers continue to experience new hazards, many poorly characterized, OM, dedicated to worker health, is at a tipping point. The specialty faces an existential threat. Exposing medical school students to OM so they can incorporate this knowledge into their future practice or appreciate OM as a veritable specialty choice can help mitigate this threat.

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