Courses & Seminars

Courses and seminars available for providers

Upcoming seminars

September 26, 2009 - "Advanced Topics in WA Workers’ Compensation: Physical Capacities Calculation and Return to Work". L&I produced seminar at the L&I Tukwila Service Location. Certificates with 7 continuing education contact hours will be provided. Tuition: TBA Registration materials:  Will be available on this website in August.

October 17 and 18, 2009 - "Chiropractic IME Seminar". Produced with the Washington State Chiropractic Association in Winthrop, WA. Certificates with continuing education contact hours will be provided. Tuition: TBA Registration materials:  Will be available on the website in August.

November 7 and 8, 2009 - "2009 Independent Medical Examination Best Practices" Produced by SEAK, Inc. in Tukwila, WA Certificates for 14 hours of Category 1 continuing education will be provided. Tuition: $695 - Registration materials

December 12, 2009 - "Reducing Your Practice Headaches: Industrial Medicine Tips for Treating Doctors" Seminar
L&I produced seminar at the L&I Tukwila Service Location. Certificates for 9 hours of continuing education contact hours will be provided. Tuition: TBA Registration materials:  Will be available on the website in October

See Past Courses & Seminars that were available to providers.

Education by other entities

University of Washington’s “26th Annual Review Course in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation” on April 18 to 26, 2009.  Attend one day or several.

Online Educational Tools & Videos.

Visit the FifthEdition.com web site (www.FifthEdition.com). This site was created to teach subscribing doctors how to perform impairment ratings using the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition.

Collaborative Opioid Prescribing Education (COPE)

An online training to improve doctor-patient communications and collaborative goal-setting. COPE training is available for free CME through the University of Washington CME Web site (www.washington.edu).

WorkSafeBC

The WorkSafe Courses (www.worksafebc.com) helps participants prevent occupational injury and disease.

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• American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME)
  (www.abime.org).
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  (www.acoem.org).
• American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
  (www.aadep.org).
• American Public Health Association
  (www.apha.org).
• Center for Occupational Health and Education, Renton, WA
  (vmccohe.valleymed.org).
• Duke Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  (dukeoccmed.mc.duke.edu).
• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
  (www.cdc.gov).
• Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
  (www.washington.edu).
• University of Washington Continuing Medical Education Section
  (www.washington.edu).
• Washington State Public Health Association
  (www.wspha.org).
• Washington State Medical Association
  (www.wsma.org).
• Washington State Department of Health
  (www.doh.wa.gov).