Causation of Occupational Injuries: Fact & Fiction
July 20, 2009
Hyannis, MA
The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis |
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Executive Summary
This unique preconference is for anyone who is involved with workers' compensation and occupational health. Every new workers' compensation case involves the determination of causation. The evidence based science of causation has been difficult to assemble. This course will bring together the science of causation, the law, and the daily application of both. This course is based on the AMA Press book entitled
Guides to the Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation edited by Melhorn and Ackerman.
At the completion of this workshop you will learn:
- Work-relatedness,
- Definitions for causation: medical and legal,
- How to review the physical examination,
- How to understand apportionment,
- How to to prepare the written report,
- How to to evaluate the written report,
- How to understand specific diagnoses.
Faculty: James B. Talmage, M.D., FAADEP
Dr. Talmage is an orthopaedic surgeon who now has a non-operative practice. Dr. Talmage is a Fellow in the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians and has been since 1987. He has been the Course Director for many courses and he has twice received the "President's Award" for service to AADEP. He is serving on the Board of Directors for a second term.
Dr. Talmage is one of the original Examination Committee members for the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners. He chaired the Committee for two years and served on the Committee for a total of four years. Dr. Talmage is a frequent contributor to, and the Associate Editor of The Guides Newsletter, which the American Medical Association has published since 1996 to help explain the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. He was associate editor of The Guides Casebook, 2nd Edition published by the AMA. He was a reviewer for the 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. He was a member of the 6th Edition working group. He is a paid consultant to the AMA on various impairment and disability issues. He is co-editor and a chapter author for A Physician's Guide to Return to Work published by the AMA Press (American Medical Association) in 2005. He chairs the Spine Group to continuously update the ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 2nd Edition. He has chaired the Musculoskeletal Advisory Board for the Medical Disability Advisor, Third and Fifth Editions, published by the Reed Group, Limited, and he was Associate Chair for the Fourth Edition of that text. He was working as chair of the 6th Edition project. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor (Occupational Medicine) in the Department of Family and Community Medicine of Meharry Medical College, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tuition
The $395 tuition includes a continental breakfast, breaks, lunch with faculty, a detailed manual which can be retained as a bookshelf reference, and a dynamic learning experience.
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Continuing Education Information
Case Managers: 6.5 contact hours of continuing education for Case Managers have been applied for from the Commission for Case Manager Certification, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Disability Specialists: 6.5 contact hours of continuing education for Disability Specialists have been applied for from the Commission for Disability Management Specialists Commission, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Human Resource Professionals: This program has been approved for 6.75 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).Nurses: To successfully complete a program and receive contact hours you must: 1) register in, 2) be present for the period of time you are awarded contact hours, 3) complete the evaluation. Occupational Health Nurses: 7.5 Contact hours for continuing education in nursing have been approved by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc (AAOHN). AAOHN is an accredited approver of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (ANCC is the educational department under the ANA). Physical Therapists: Continuing Physical Therapy credits vary by state, and will only be applied for if requested in writing on the conference registration form. Physicians: SEAK, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. SEAK, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1™ Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Rehabilitation Counselors: 6.5 contact hours of continuing education hours for Rehabilitation Counselors have been applied for from the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Rehabilitation Nurses: This program will be accepted for 7.5 contact hours of credit for ARN certification. Submit certificate.
Schedule
Monday, July 20, 2009
7:00-8:00Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:00Introduction and Background
Attendees will learn how to determine work-relatedness based on medical and legal definitions. The science of causation associations will be discussed.
9:00-10:00Methodology, Apportionment, and Physical Examination
The medical record will be reviewed for what should be included to allow for a determination of causation in a specific case. In other words, how you take the science and apply the information to a specific individual.
10:00-10:20BREAK & NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
10:20-11:10Writing the Report
Expanding on the previous hour, the medical record should now reflect a clear statement regarding causation and appropriate treatments.
11:10-12:00Spine Examples
Specific cases will be discussed.
12:00-1:10LUNCH PROVIDED WITH FACULTY
1:10-2:00Lower Limb Examples
Specific cases will be discussed.
2:00-3:00Upper Limb Examples
Specific cases will be discussed.
3:00-3:15BREAK & NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
3:15-4:00Cardiac and Pulmonary Case Examples
Specific cases will be discussed.
4:00-4:30Your Cases
Attendees encouraged to bring their difficult cases for group discussion and review using the approaches discussed in "How to Approach Causation Issues."