This population often works and lives in remote, isolated, extreme, or enclosed environments under conditions of physical and psychological stress.

Practitioners strive for an optimal human-machine match in occupational settings rich with environmental hazards and engineering countermeasures.

Practitioners in this field address the promotion of health in the workplace, and the prevention and management of occupational and environmental injury, illness, and disability.

These practitioners combine population-based public health skills with knowledge of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention-oriented clinical practice in a wide variety of settings.

[3] AOCOPM also provides a three-part Basic Course in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, designed to provide a basic understanding and expertise in the field, while preparing qualified participants to take the written examination for the AOA-approved Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) offered by the American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine (AOBPM) via the practice pathway.