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Distinguished Fellow Award Policy

Purpose

To recognize Fellows who have exhibited exemplary and long years of service to AOCOPM by attendance
at AOCOPM meetings and continued AOCOPM service at the national level, plus academic service and
contributions, service in support of various governance and committee structures, and/or research and
professional leadership.

Requirements

A Distinguished Fellow of the AOCOPM may be awarded to Active Members who have completed:
Category #1 (see below) and two of the elements of Category #2 (see below) since their being awarded
AOCOPM Fellow Status.

Category #1

Meeting Attendance - Each nominee must have attended a minimum of at least twenty (20) total AOCOPM annual conventions or mid-winter meetings since their Fellow’s induction year. Those Fellows that were delayed in achieving their AOCOPM Fellowship due to being in the military may request a waiver of the above requirement, after five (5) years of active fellowship.

Category #2

  • Academic Service - Participated as an Occupational or Preventive Medicine preceptor, moderator or academic scientific lecture for at least 5 years beyond the Fellowship induction year.
  • National AOCOPM & AOBPM Service - National AOCOPM or AOBPM service defined as eleven or more total years of service on but not limited to participation on a committee, task force, Board of Examiners or Board of Trustees.
  • Service at State, Local or other National Levels - Service defined as eleven or more total years of participation on but not limited to committees, task forces, Board of Governors, Board of Trustees, Executive Committees, or medical/hospital boards.

Documentation needed to complete application

  • Updated Photo
  • Completed Online Application Form
  • Current Curriculum Vitae
  • AOA CME Individual Activity Print-Out may be used to summarize meeting attendance.

Applications are due by September, and awards will be presented during the Faculty and Fellow Convocation at the following AOCOPM Midyear Educational Conference.

 

The Distinguished Fellow Application Form