Arizona Employment &
Disability Partnership

2011 Work Disability Prevention Rounds - Mastering Tough Issues
in the Stay-at-Work, Return-to-Work and Start-Back-to-Work Process
to Preserve Patient Function, Protect Jobs & Prevent Worklessness

Sponsored for CME by University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center

Funded by the Arizona Employment & Disability Partnership administered by AHCCCS

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Christian, MD, MPH and presented by Webility Corporation

Addressing a Practice Gap and Need

Clinicians are often faced with difficult situations and patient management challenges in determining whether and when patients will leave work, stay at work or return to work (SAW/RTW) as a result of illness or injury.

This series of Work Disability Prevention webinars was developed in response to requests from clinicians who attended last year's introductory CME program entitled Practical Things They Didn't Teach You in Medical School: Evidence-Based Clinical Decision-Making About Patients and Work.

Work disability prevention and management has been in a medical blind spot. Most physicians get no formal training in medical school or residency on the powerful role they can play in preventing needless work disability and helping people stay employed.

Educational Objectives

As a result of participating in this series of 10 free webinars, clinicians will:

Feel more prepared to respond appropriately to common difficult issues that frequently arise in SAW/RTW.
Be able to identify the non-medical issues at play in a challenging SAW-RTW situation.
Be able to select an approach that will leave the patient feeling heard and satisfied while preventing needless work disability.

Course Specifics

Faculty, Format, and Accreditation

Course Resources

ACOEM Whitepaper - underpinning of all the sessions

Register

Webinar Summary Schedule (see Detailed Schedule)

2011 Work Disability Prevention Rounds from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
#	Webinar Topic	Date
1	Patient Management I: Doctors, Work & Cultural Beliefs details	April 13 (Wed)
2	Difficult Situations I: Patient Advocate or Patsy? details	May 10 (Tues)
3	Patient Management II: How to Set Early Expectations That Improve Outcomes details	May 24 (Tues)
4	Therapeutic Approaches That Produce Better Treatment Results & Less Work Disability details	June 8 (Wed)
5	Your Role as Designated Guesser: What Can This Patient Do at Work Now? details	July 12 (Tues)
6	Patient Management III: Dealing With Psychiatric Overlay details	Aug 10 (Wed)
7	When More is Needed: Referral Resources and Reimbursement for Services That Prevent Needless Work Disability and Help People Get Benefits and Keep or Get a Job details	Sep 13 (Tues)
8	Difficult Situations II: When You Are Told the Employer Has No Light Duty or Reasonable Accommodations details	Oct 12 (Wed)
9	Difficult Situations III: The Rescuer Doctor: Power Imbalance and Social Justice Issues details	Nov 8 (Tues)
10	Make Your Job Easier: Get Everyone On the Same Page From the Start details	Dec 14 (Wed)

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