The Annual Conference is the primary activity of TSOMA. Each fall TSOMA gathers for updates across Occupational and Environmental, focusing on issues of special significance to providers in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. This year we will be having a joint conference with the Ohio Association of Occupational Health Nurses and the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (Penn-Ohio Chapter). It is the responsibility of the attendee to make sure that they complete the attendance verification process within a week of each session to receive CME credit.
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2025 Annual Education Conference
Tri-State Occupational Medicine Association
Jointly with:
Ohio Association of Occupational Health Nurses
&
International Association of
Rehabilitation Professionals
(Penn-Ohio)
Columbus, Ohio
When: Friday November 7 & Saturday November 8, 2025
Where: Jessing Center at the Pontifical College Josephinium
7625 North High Street Columbus, OH 43235
Format: In-Person and Virtual Attendance will be Available
Conference Registration Deadline:
For in-person attendees - Saturday November 1, 11:55pm
Virtual Attendees - Wednesday November 5, 11:55pm
Accommodations: There are a variety of local hotels available. You can use the conference address in your favorite travel website to locate a hotel.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
Friday November 7 (8am- 5:45pm)
7:15 - 8:00: Registration / Coffee / Light Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15: Welcome and Safety Briefing
8:15 - 9:45: Recovery-Friendly Workplaces
9:45 - 10:00: Break/Vendors
10:00 - 11:00: AI Solutions for Occupational Health and Safety
11:00 - Noon: Perspectives from the BWC Director
Noon - 13:00: Lunch / Vendors
13:00 - 14:00: Spirometry and Respirator Medical Clearance
14:00 - 15:30: Fingertip Injuries
15:30 - 16:30: Early Intervention for Concussion Management
16:30 - 17:30: Understanding the Cognitive FCE
17:30 - ???? Buffet Dinner / Social / Vendors
(Friday - Total 8 Hours CME)
Friday Evening Social Event
We hope that all attendees will join us for the buffet dinner following the conclusion of the program on Friday. The dinner/reception is planned to start at 5:30pm. TSOMA plans to have our business meeting starting at 6:30, which will include a visit with the ACOEM president.
The social event is included in the registration fees, with additional guests available for $40. Guests are welcome. Registration is via the regular conference registration system. [Non-CME Event]
Saturday November 8 (8am - 4pm)
7:30 - 8:00: Networking / Light Breakfast / Vendors
8:00 - 8:15: Welcome Day 2 & Safety Briefing
8:15 - 9:15: Nuances in Federal Railroad Injured Worker Care
9:15 - 9:30: Break / Vendors
9:30 - 11:00: Ergonomic Job Surveys and Worker Job Fitness Exams
11:00 - Noon: Lunch / Vendors
Noon - 13:30: Innovative Solutions to Transitional Work Programs
13:30 - 14:30: Transitioning the Injured Worker to Another Employer
14:30 - 14:45: Break
14:45 - 15:45: Health Behavioral Assessment and Intervention for Functional Recovery
15:45 - 16:00: Closing Remarks
(Saturday Total: 6.0 CME Hours)
Details for On-Site Participants:
Friday Lunch, Saturday Breakfast, and Saturday Lunch will be provided
SOCIAL EVENT: There will be a social event on Friday Evening in the same space as the main conference.
Educational (CME/CEU) credits will not be available for breaks, meals or social events.
Details for Virtual Attendees
Details for connecting to the virtual sessions will be sent out to all virtual registrants a few days before the meeting. Please be certain to register using an email that you monitor and “whitelist” tristateoma@gmail.com in your email program.
Continuing Education Details
There will be three types of continuing education credit available for this meeting. Attendees are asked to register with the organization that offers the primary type of credit that they would like. It is NOT possible to get nursing and physician credit for the same hour, but it is possible to get different types of credit for the different days (i.e. request physician CME for Friday and nursing CEU for Saturday). If you with such a “hybrid” registration, please register with the organization offering the greater number of hours (most likely Friday), and email the registration email (TristateOMA@gmail.com) with your request. The registration cost is the same regardless of the type of credits you request.
COVID-19: The organizing committee will be carefully monitoring the status of COVID-19 in the region. The committee will make a final decision about any risk mitigation measures that may be needed a week prior to the meeting, and this will be included in the pre-meeting email (sent to all registered attendees).
American Board of Preventive Medicine Continuing Certification: The American Board of Preventive Medicine has changed the Maintenance of Certification Process. The new process started in 2023, including a transition has year-of-expiry based rules. If you are ABPM certified, consider reviewing the new process: (Click here for ABPM MOC Update). Our entire program should be eligible to be considered Preventive Medicine CME hours.
CME Accreditation Statement
The AAFP has reviewed 2025 Occupational Health Conference and deemed it acceptable for up to 14.25 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 11/07/2025 to 11/08/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA Credit Equivalency Statement
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
TSOMA 2025 Conference Organizing Committee:
Brent Cale, MD, MS
Arch “Chip” Carson, MD, PhD
Kathy Hagan, MD, MPH
Julie McKibben, MD, MS
Beth Mease, MD, MBA
Ed McVay, MD, MPH
Carl Werntz, DO, MPH
Victoria Wulsin, MD
2023 Annual Meeting - Cincinnati, Ohio
2022 Annual Meeting - Cranberry, PA
2021 - Annual Meeting - Cleveland, OH
2020 - Virtual Meeting 5 Saturdays - 2 hours each
TSOMA meets the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and held a virtual conference spanning the fall of 2020, with 10 amazing hours of category I CME.
2019 - Pittsburgh Area, PA
An excellent program included 15 hours CME hours, including site visits to ATI High-Speed Roller Mill and US Steel Edgar Thompson Braddock Plant. Friday evening we held a reception in honor of our 50th Anniversary at the Heinz History Center.
2018 - Dublin, Ohio
TSOMA has partnered with a new CME partner for the 2018 conference. Physicians will receive AAFP CME hours (equivalent to AMA Category 1 CME credit) and ABPM MOC credits will be available for the conference. Please click on "2018 program information" to access program information and register for the 2018 conference.
2017 - Dublin, Ohio
An excellent educational conference was held in Dublin, Ohio.
2016 - Dublin, Ohio
Meeting near Columbus we visited the Police Training Academy.
2015 - Akron, Ohio
Meeting in Akron, we visited the University of Akron's National Polymer Innovation Center.
2014
There was no Conference in 2014
2013 - Akron, Ohio
Meeting in Akron, we were fortunate to tour the First-Energy high-voltage lineman training center
Speaker's Packet
Obtaining Continuing Medical Education and Maintenance of Certification credit requires completion of several documents by each speaker. If you are a speaker, please click on the link below for a list of needed materials and to complete these forms.