Syllabus - Course #2 (6 hours)
Critical Elements of the QME Evaluation

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

Presented by: Daniel Buch, BS, DC, QME, Randall March DC, DACNB, QME.
with Guest: WC Administrative Law Judge, Christopher Miller
The statements made by Judge Miller are not necessarily the opinions or positions of the WCAB or other trial judges. The statements made are intended for discussion within the context of this course.
 

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:
Discuss evaluation procedures, regulations and AMA Guides based impairment determinations.

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

5) Course Schedule/Outline:

Section 1: The QME evaluation, its time and scope
- Examination data needed to complete the report
- What are the must have components of a quality report
- What are objective findings
- Ways to improve objective measurements         

Section 2: DWC required content and headings
- Critical components of a complete report
- Current or Future Medical Care
- Causation and Apportionment review

Section 3: Addressing Physical Impairment
- Notes Regarding the Use of the AMA Guides
- The post Almaraz/Guzman 2009 landscape
- Promptness and Time Frames
- Proof of Service
- EAMS and report package service

6) Reading Assignment:
Selected sections of the 2001 California DWC Medical Unit Physicians Guide.
Selected sections of the 2009 QME Regulations.
Selected sections of the AMA Guides for the Evaluation of Physical Impairment (5^th Ed)

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

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

 

 

 

Sample from Course 2 - Critical Elements of the QME Evaluation

 

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