AMA
Guides Training: Sixth Edition
AMA Guides Training: Sixth Edition
August 14-15, 2008
Falmouth, MA
Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort
www.seacrest-resort.com
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Executive Summary
Learn the new Sixth Edition of the
AMA Guides to the Evaluation of
Permanent Impairment through case
examples and an active learning experience. Participants will
demonstrate the skills required to assess musculoskeletal or
neurological impairments - by actually performing impairment
assessments. The course is presented by the Senior Contributing Editor,
Editor of the Guides Newsletter and Guides Casebook, and
internationally recognized expert on impairment evaluation, Christopher
R. Brigham, MD, FACOEM, FAADEP, CEDIR, CIME, CIR (www.impairment.com)
Attendees are encouraged to start with a foundation in the use of the
Sixth Edition, through self-study or involvement in orientation
seminars, and use this learning experience as an opportunity to refine
skills. It will also serve as an orientation for those new to the Sixth
Edition. You must bring to the seminar the Sixth Edition of the AMA
Guides - throughout the seminar you will be using the Guides!
Learning Objectives
As a result of this learning opportunity, you will be
able to:
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Demonstrate the ability to assess musculoskeletal
impairment using the Sixth Edition of the AMA
Guides, including
spinal pain, upper limb disorders (hand, wrist, elbow, shoulders and
entrapments), lower limb disorders (foot /ankle, knee and foot), nervous
system disorders, and pain.
� Discuss the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and its role in impairment
evaluation.
� Explain the reasons for revision of our prior
approaches to impairment assessment.
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Describe how to determine Diagnosis-Based
Impairments, and make adjustments on the basis of the results of
Functional History, Physical Examination, and Clinical Studies.
� Demonstrate the ability to score Functional
Inventories (including the QuickDASH, Lower Limb Outcome Scale,
and Pain Disability Questionnaire).
�
Explain why methods used in previous editions
(such as spinal range of motion assessment and strength determination)
are no longer determinates.
� Discuss challenges and opportunities associated with this evolution
in impairment assessment.
Faculty
Christopher R. Brigham, MD
is the Founder and President of Brigham and Associates, Inc. (www.impairment.com).
He is the Senior Contributing Editor for the AMA
Guides to the Evaluation
of Permanent Impairment,
Sixth Edition, serves on the
Advisory Committee, and was a contributor / author for several
chapters, including Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities and Spine. With
the Fifth Edition he served on the Advisory Committee and as a
contributor. Dr. Brigham is Board-Certified in Occupational Medicine (ABPM),
Founding Director of the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
(ABIME), a Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME), a Certified
Impairment Rater (CIR), a Fellow of the American Academy of Disability
Evaluating Physicians (FAADEP) with Certification in Evaluation of
Disability and Impairment Rating (CEDIR), and a Fellow of the American
College of Occupational Environmental Medicine (FACOEM), and a graduate
of the Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis. He is the
Editor of the AMA publications Guides Newsletter
and the Guides Casebook. He is co-author of the text
Understanding the AMA
Guides in Workers Compensation,
has written over one hundred published articles on impairment and
disability evaluation and other texts, chaired the Medical Advisory
Board for the
Medical Disability Advisor,
Fourth Edition, is featured in several
video, audio and
web-based productions in the medicolegal field, and has trained
thousands of physicians, attorneys, claims professionals and
fact-finders, throughout the US, Canada and internationally. He is an
experienced professional speaker. As a clinician with over twenty five
years experience, he has performed several thousand independent medical
and impairment evaluations, providing him with excellent insight to the
complexities of human potential, impairment and disability. As a result
of this experience he has consulted for numerous organizations
(including governmental jurisdictions).
Tuition
Tuition is
$1,195. Tuition includes continental breakfast, lunch with faculty
each day and a detailed conference manual.
Click here for registration information.
Continuing Education Information
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Schedule
7:30-8:00Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00Orientation to
the Sixth Edition
Learn the new
approaches with the Sixth Edition, including Conceptual Foundations
and Philosophy (Chapter 1), Practical Application of the Guides
(Chapter 2), and Pain (Chapter 3). Questions and Answers
10:00-10:15BREAK AND
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
10:15-12:00Upper
Extremities, Chapter 15
Learn
the approaches to assessing upper extremity impairment by case
exercises. Following an orientation to the Chapter, you will perform
several case assessments that will result in an understanding of the
appropriate use of the Sixth Edition.
12:00-12:45LUNCH WITH
FACULTY (PROVIDED)
12:45-3:00Upper
Extremities, Chapter 15, (continued)
3:00-3:15BREAK AND
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
3:15-5:00Lower
Extremities, Chapter 16
Learn the
approaches to assessing lower extremity impairment by case
exercises. Following an orientation to the Chapter, you will perform
several case assessments that will result in an understanding of the
appropriate use of the Sixth Edition. Questions and Answers
6:30-7:00Continental Breakfast
7:00-8:45Spine, Chapter
17
Learn the approaches
to assessing spinal impairment by case exercises. Following an
orientation to the Chapter, you will perform several case
assessments that will result in an understanding of the appropriate
use of the Sixth Edition. Questions and Answers
8:45-9:00BREAK &
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
9:00-10:00Nervous System,
Chapter 13
Learn
the approaches to assessing nervous system impairment by case
exercises. Following an orientation to the Chapter, you will perform
several case assessments that will result in an understanding of the
appropriate use of the Sixth Edition.
Questions and
Answers
10:00-10:15BREAK &
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
10:15-12:00Complex Case
Exercises
Demonstrate your knowledge through performance of more complex
cases. Questions and Answers
12:00-12:45LUNCH PROVIDED
WITH FACULTY
12:45-2:00Complex Case
Exercises, (continued)
2:00-2:30Post Learning
Assessment and Discussion