If you want to increase your knowledge and improve your skills in evidence based medicolegal evaluations you need these videos. This year’s conference focused on:

• • • Addressing pain and substance use in the workplace;
    • Distinguishing objective findings from subjective complaints;
    • Applying disease and injury causation analysis to reports;
    • Understanding the role of a medical export in the legal system;
    • And, IME fundamentals

Perspectives on Pain in the Workplace

Yngvild Olsen, MD, SAMSHA

Dr. Olsen will discuss perspectives on pain in the workplace. Some key points she will discuss are:

• • • • Environmental context for substance use disorders and the workplace
      • Substance use disorder policy changes that impact the workplace
      • SAMHSA’s role in implementing these policy changes

Pain and Return to Work

Mark Hyman, MD, FIAIME

Dr. Hyman will discuss pain and return to work. Some key points of this session include:

• • • • Types and sources of mixed messages
      • Health consequences of being out of work due to an injury
      • Specialty society statement on the return to work process

Interventional Pain in the Context of Medicolegal Evaluations

Yuri Tsirulnikov, DO, FIAIME

Dr. Tsirulnikov will discuss interventional pain treatment in the context of medicolegal evaluations. Some key points of this session include:

• • • • Different techniques of epidural steroid injections
      • Facet anatomy and facet joint injections
      • Radio-frequency ablation techniques

Panel Discussion: Pain and Substance Use in the Workplace

Jennifer Melamed, MBChB, FIAIME
Yuri Tsirulnikov, DO, FIAME

Dr. Melamed, Dr. Tsirulnikov, Dr. Pushkin, Dr. Ross, Dr. Czarnecki, and Dr. Gelinas will discuss pain and substance use in the workplace . Some key points of this discussion are:

• • • • Pain and Return to Work
      • Interventional procedures – indications, guidelines, and “medicolegal pearls”
      • Marijuana and Substance Use in the Workplace

The Independent Electrodiagnostic Evaluation

Michael Sellman, MD, FAAN

Dr. Sellman will discuss the independent electrodiagnostic evaluation. Some key points he will discuss are:

• • • • How the evaluation is an extension of the neurological examination
      • That testing alone is of limited value
      • Test results must be correlated

The Shoulder and Workers’ Compensation

Ed McFarland, MD, FAAOS

Dr. McFarland will discuss shoulder conditions in workers’ compensation. Some key points of this session include:

• • • • History and examination for shoulder complaints
      • Timing and indications of imaging
      • Causation: age-related changes vs. traumatic findings

Risk Factors for Substance Abuse

Daniel Bruns, Psy.D

Dr. Bruns will discuss risk factors for substance abuse. Some key points of this session include:

• • • • Medical treatment guidelines about scientific evidence for psychological testing
      • Psychosocial variables known to be associated with poor medical treatment outcomes
      • The differences between a treatment outcome measure and a psychological diagnostic screening measure

Strengthen Your Report Using Causation Analysis

Fabrice Czarnecki, MD, FIAIME

Dr. Czarnecki will discuss how to strengthen your report using causation analysis. Some key points he will discuss are:

• • • • Criteria needed to opine on causation
      • How to perform causation analysis in the medicolegal setting
      • Ways to communicate medicolegal concepts in your report

Panel Discussion: Educating the Trier of Fact

Fabrice Czarnecki, MD, FIAIME
Thomas Vertetis, Esq

Dr. Czarnecki and Mr. Vertetis will discuss deposition and hearing testimony. Some key points of this discussion include:

• • • • Courtroom demeanor for experts
      • Advertising for experts
      • The difference between an advocate and an expert witness

IME Principles and Ethics

Barry Gelinas, MD, DC, FIAIME

Dr. Gelinas will discuss the first chapter of the IAIME core competency guide. Some key points of this session include:

• • • • Ethical boundaries for the IME provider
      • Consent and IME
      • Steps that the IME provider should follow to keep the evaluation process impartial and effective

Causation and Biostatistics

Diana Kraemer, MD, FIAIME

Dr. Kraemer will discuss causation and biostatistics. Some key points of this session include:

• • • • Different types of studies and levels of evidence
      • Hill’s criteria to infer causation from the literature
      • Statistical significance

Work Ability and Return to Work

Bhavesh Pandya, MD, FIAIME

Dr. Pandya will discuss work ability and return to work. Some key points he will discuss are:

• • • • Key definitions in the return to work process
      • The differences between risk, capacity, and tolerance as they relate to return to work
      • Key factors related to a successful return to work/activity pathway

Writing Your Medical Expert Report

Bhavesh Pandya, MD, FIAIME

Dr. Pandya will discuss writing a medical expert report. Some key points he will discuss are:

• • • • The value for writing a high-quality IME report
      • Key components of the IME report
      • Qualities of an effective IME report