Education and Training

MFOM - Membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

• a career specialist qualification
• required for appointment as a hospital consultant
• Membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine can only be awarded once Higher Specialist Training (HST) is complete, the Associateship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (AFOM) examination passed and the dissertation component accepted.

To download further details, please visit the library section or click on the links below.

Regulations for the award of Membership
Guidance on research dissertations written for purpose
Form M2 - Submission of title and protocol of dissertation written for purpose
Form M3 - Submission of actual thesis/dissertation/published work
Form M4 - Application for Membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine
Form M5 - Completion of Training
Appeals – Rules, Procedures, Extenuating Circumstances

Many holders of the MFOM have given permission for abstracts of their dissertations to be included in this site's library. The abstracts may be found by searching using keywords and/or document type 'dissertation abstracts'.

Dissertation Training Day 2010

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine hosted a Dissertation Training Day in January, 2010. The day was aimed at trainees and their trainers. It was particularly helpful for trainees in their early stages of planning for their Dissertation. The presentations from the day can be viewed via the links below.

The place of the dissertation in training and how the FOM assesses it – Dr Katherine Venables
Types of study and design suitable to FOM – Dr Katherine Venables
Looking at project findings and presenting them clearly – Professor Paul Cullinan
Working up your ideas and integrating the project into your training programme – Dr Jon Poole