occupational medicine, 1. a field of preventive medicine concerned with the medical problems and practices relating to occupations and especially to the health of workers in various industries. 2. the use of productive or creative activity in the treatment or rehabilitation of physically or emotionally disabled people. 3. a health rehabilitation profession designed to help people of all ages with physical, developmental, social, or emotional deficits to regain and build skills that are important for functional independence, health, and well-being.
