Online DWC Approved QME Continuing Education

Syllabus - Course #6 (6 hours)
Review of AMA Guides 5th Edition - Lower Extremity

Presented by: Daniel Buch, BS, DC, QME, Don Chu, PhD

1) Course Description:
Narrated online video presentation covering a review of the AMA Guides 5th Edition lower extremity Chapter 17. This module consists of three (3) Sections.  This module consists of three (3) 50 minute video Sections. A 50 question online quiz is taken at the end of the 3rd Section.

2) Course Schedule/Outline:
Section 1: Introduction, The AMA Guides lower extremity
- Introduction, about the AMA Guides. Definitions 
- Relevance to the medical legal evaluator
- Introduction to Impairment values
- Combinations and calculations introduction

Section 2: The AMA Guides Lower Extremity Methods
- The 13 Methods and their categories.
- The Anatomical Methods
- The Functional Methods

Section 3: Lower Extremity Methods Continued
- Functional Methods continued - ROM
- Examples of ROM method application
- Review of ROM measurement techniques
- Diagnostic Based Estimates in the lower extremity
- Combinations or methods

3)  Suggested Reading
Selected sections of the AMA Guides for the Evaluation of Physical Impairment (5^th Ed)

4) Interactivity:
Online quiz is interactive, giving feedback on incorrect answers.

5) No expenses of this course are underwritten or subsidized by vendors of any goods, supplies or services. No products or services are discussed or endorsed.

 

 

 

Course 6 Sample  - Review of AMA Guides 5th Ed. - Lower Extremity
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