AMA Guides Training: Sixth Edition
AMA Guides Training: Sixth Edition
August 14-15, 2008 Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort |
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:
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.
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.
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Schedule
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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
Friday, August 15, 2008
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