Syllabus - Course #1 (6 hours)
 Review of QME Procedures

1) Date: Continual Enrollment – Distance Learning via Narrated Online Video Presentation.

Presented by: Daniel Buch, BS, DC, QME and Randal March, DC, QME.

2) Course Description:
Narrated online video presentation of California QME procedures and California DWC QME regulations. This module consists of three (3) Sections. Each Section includes a 30 minute video presentation, 60 minutes of reading assignments and a 30 minute quiz.

3) Educational Objective:
To refresh participant’s knowledge of current California QME procedures and California DWC QME regulations. To disseminate new or updated QME procedures and regulations.

4) Teaching Methods:
Online narrated video presentation. Selected reading assignments. Online Quiz of information presented.

5) Course Schedule/Outline:

Section 1: QME Selection Process
- Represented vs. Unrepresented Applicants
- Panel QME, AME, Agreed Panel QME
- The Role of the QME
- Medical legal vs Clinical role
- Medical legal disputes
- Medical legal opinion, reasoning, internal consistency

Section 2: QME Scheduling, Forms, Paperwork and Medical Records.  

Section 3: Conduct of the QME during the evaluation.

6) Reading Assignments:
Selected sections of the 2001 California DWC Medical Unit Physicians Guide.
Selected sections of the California DWC QME Regulations.
Selected sections of the California Labor Code.
Selected sections of the AMA Guides for the Evaluation of Physical Impairment (5^th Ed)

7) No expenses of this course are underwritten or subsidized by vendors of any goods, supplies or services.

8) Interactivity:
Online message board to post questions, comments or discussions.

 

 

 

Sample from Course 1 - Review of 2009 QME Regulations

 

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