Commercial Driver Medical Examiner
Type: Course
Start: Friday, July 10, 2009
End: Friday, July 10, 2009
Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
Location: Chicago, Illinois
More than eight million truck and bus drivers are required to meet the 13 interstate federal medical requirements. Nine of these requirements are left intentionally vague and provide a great deal of latitude to the medical examiner. Examiners may be physicians or any health care provider licensed by their state practice act to perform examinations. It is critical for all persons involved in such examinations to be fully aware of the available guidance and medical literature that should be considered as part of the certification determination. In addition, it’s important to have a comprehensive awareness of the issues involved in evaluating the medical fitness of commercial drivers.
ACOEM continues to strive to maintain the tradition of educational excellence and stay abreast of the training needs of our members. The updated Commercial Driver Medical Examiner course has been reviewed and revised. The added value of a “certificate of completion” opportunity will be available to those who attend the updated course, successfully complete the self-administered post-course examination, and turn in the required documentation to ACOEM. It is ACOEM’s intent that this course will meet the eventual educational requirements of FMCSA’s proposed National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.
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AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Mastering the New 6th Edition
Type: Course
Start: Saturday, July 11, 2009
End: Sunday, July 12, 2009
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm each day
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Master the new Sixth Edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment through insightful presentations and your active involvement in assessing example workers’ compensation cases. If you are involved in performing assessments – it is essential that you understand both the concepts of the Sixth Edition and how to apply the new process and criteria. Participants will demonstrate the skills required to assess musculoskeletal, neurological, pain, mental and behavioral, and other impairments – problems seen by occupational medicine physicians - by actually performing impairment assessments. This learning experience is the ideal next step for individuals who have had introductory training on the Guides, whether web-based or as a one or two day seminar.
The course director is 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) He is joined by Craig Uejo, MD, MPH an experienced occupational medicine physician who is the Associate Editor of the new Guides Casebook and member of the Editorial Advisory Panel for the Guides Newsletter.
The Sixth Edition reflects the most significant evolution in impairment assessment and is based on the terminology and analytical framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). At the conclusion of this seminar you will be able to demonstrate the ability to perform Sixth Edition impairment evaluations. You must bring to the seminar the Sixth Edition of the AMA Guides – throughout the seminar you will be using the Guides!
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MRO I: Fast Track Course
Type: Course
Start: Saturday, July 11, 2009
End: Sunday, July 12, 2009
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm (Saturday) 8:00am - 1:00pm (Sunday) MROCC Exam immediately following on Sunday
Location: Chicago, Illinois
The MRO Fast Track course fully meets the Department of Transportation's MRO qualification training requirements and is designed for physician's and other collection and health care professionals who are familiar with basic substance abuse testing procedures. Appropriate for MRO's who seek the required CME hours for initial certification or recertification opportunities.
ACOEM Faculty Include leading experts and instructors in the area of medical review officer drug and alcohol testing: Kent Peterson, MD, FACOEM (course director), Michael Peat, PhD, and Donna R. Smith, PhD.
The Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC) holds its certifying exam following the ACOEM course. For exam registration and details, call MROCC at 847/303/7210.
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MRO Assistant Course
Type: Course
Start: Saturday, July 11, 2009
End: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Testing for illicit drugs, alcohol and prescription medication continues to grow at the workplace and in communities (e.g., schools, sports). More than 60 percent of large private employers require drug and alcohol testing. ACOEM has been the educational provider of choice for MROs since 1990. More than 13,000 physicians have completed ACOEM’s highly acclaimed training.
ACOEM is offering a new 1-day training course for MRO Assistants who provide support to Medical Review Officers (MROs). Under the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing procedures, MRO must supervise MRO assistants, including having personal oversight of assistants’ work; line authority over assistants for decisions, direction, and control; and regular contact and oversight concerning drug testing program matters.
The MRO Assistant training is offered in conjunction with training of MROs. The ACOEM program is unique in that both MROs and MRO Assistants will participate in certain segments of the training. Additionally each group will have separate training tailored to the unique duties and responsibilities of MROs and MRO Assistants.
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Musculoskeletal Exam and Treatment Techniques
Type: Course
Start: Saturday, July 11, 2009
End: Sunday, July 12, 2009
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm each day
Location: Chicago, Illinois
This two-day course will feature both lectures and interaction with a diverse faculty who will deliver a significant “hands-on” workshop component. The didactic portion will include lectures on general management of work injuries, causality analysis, orthopedic urgencies and emergencies, and the timing and choice of x-rays in addition to discussing examination and treatment techniques for individual body parts. The workshops will review selected aspects of the physical examination and give an overview of injection techniques.
Overall, emphasis will be placed upon those topics that will be of the most relevance to everyday practice. In addition to focusing upon the “usual” diagnosis and treatment issues, the faculty has drawn upon their own considerable experience in reviewing the work of other physicians who manage compensable injuries to get a sense of which aspects of patient care are most often deficient. As a result, this course will not only provide general information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, but also will convey how management of patients who have been injured at work differs from management of patients with non-work-related musculoskeletal complaints.
Course objectives will be achieved through a unique combination of didactic lectures and hand-on workshops. This approach will provide a comprehensive overview of general musculoskeletal diagnosis and treatment, and cover the diverse issues involved in caring for injured workers. This course is targeted to meet the educational needs of general practitioners who wish to review the management of musculoskeletal injuries. Consequently, while there will be discussion of some advanced topics, emphasis will be placed on providing a thorough review of basic information.
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