Syllabus
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Course #4
(6 hours)
Courses are approved by
the California DWC Medical Unit.
Provider #1240
Read DWC QME CE Requirements Here
Presented by:
Daniel Buch, BS, DC, QME
Required Text:
Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Ed,
1) Course
Description:
An narrated
online video presentation of AMA Guides, 5th Edition upper extremity
Chapter 16 rating procedures.
This course
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:
- Introductory Remarks
- Overview of the Upper Extremity AMA Guides
- The Chapter 16 Summary
- Hand Impairment Rating
- Amputation Impairment
- Digital Nerve Impairment
Section 2:
- Hand Impairment Rating Cont.
- Continuation of the 16.9 Summary
Section 3:
- "Other Disorders"
- Working with the Optional Eval Record
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Peripheral Nerve Impairments
- Peripheral Vascular Impairments
- Pain Related Impairment in the Upper
Extremity
- Effects of Medication Impairment
3)
Suggested
Reading
Selected sections of the AMA Guides for the Evaluation of Physical Impairment (5th
Ed)
Selected sections of the errata to the AMA Guides for the Evaluation of Physical
Impairment (5th Ed)
4) No
expenses of this course are underwritten or subsidized by vendors of any goods,
supplies or services.
5) Interactivity:
Online quiz is interactive, giving feedback on incorrect answers.
Technical
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Course 4 - Review of AMA Guides, 5th Edition, Upper
Extremity (6 total hours)- $180.00
Satisfies DWC Requirements for:
- 5 hours instruction in disability impairment rating
- 1
hour of QME adherence to regulatory clerical requirements