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OEM Related Management and Administration

502 - An Agentic and Robotic Future of Work - Sappington Lecture

Monday, April 20, 2026
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Location: Chicago 6-7
Claim 1.0 CME

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.


Disclosure(s):

John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA: No financial relationships to disclose
Session Description: The session will give attendees a basic understanding of the key technologies that are enabling the future of work. Advanced sensors,, generative, agentic, and embodied artificial intelligence (AI), and robotic devices are presenting new risks to human workers and a challenge to occupational medicine practitioners. The session will discuss the emerging future-of-work risks and ways practitioners can meet those risks.

Education Gaps Addressed:
ACOEM OEM Core Competencies: 2021 identify six core competencies for physicians seeking OM board certification. OEM Related Management and Administration and Public Health Surveillance directly note the importance of deploying technology to address current and emerging occupational hazards, using information technology to communicate with patients and applying medical informatics to manage and administer occupational and environmental programs.

Connection to AOHC 2026 Theme: Healthy Workers. Healthy World.
The introduction of industrial robotics with embedded artificial intelligence into the workplace challenges occupational medicine physicians to expand their professional practice to keep workers safe and healthy in the future.

Learning Objectives:

  • Acquire a familiarity about the how technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are being introduced across industry sectors.
  • Learn about the risks that agentic AI and robotic devices pose to the safety and health of workers,
  • Understand how new technologies can advance the practice of occupational medicine