Courses and Seminars
Upcoming seminars produced by, or in collaboration with L&I
Watch for registration materials and full details as they become available:
| Seminar Name | Date | Location | Audience |
| Reducing Your Practice Headaches: Industrial Medicine Tips for Treating Doctors | September 22, 2012 | Tukwila Service Location | For all doctors who treat injured workers, a prerequisite for chirporactors who plan to apply for Chiropractic Consultant status. |
| Consultation Seminar | October 20, 2012 | Tukwila Service Location | For all interested doctors and a prerequisite for chirporactors who plan to apply for Chiropractic Consultant status. |
| Advanced Topics in WA Workers' Compensation: Physical Capacity Calculation and Return to Work. | November 3, 2012 | Tukwila Service Location | For all treating doctors and approved examiners. |
See Past Courses & Seminars that were available to providers.
CME self-assessment examinations
- Online: CME Self-Assessment Examination for Attending Doctor's Handbook
- Online: Medical Examiner's Handbook Certification Test
Additional L&I CME Opportunities
- Attending Doctor’s Handbook. Self assessment test worth three hours of free Category 2 CME credit.
- Medical Examiners’ Handbook. Self assessment test worth 3 hours of free Category 1 CME credit.
- Attending Doctors’ Return to Work Desk Reference
- Opioid Dosing Calculator
- Opioid Dosing Guidelines
- Online Opioid Dosing Guideline for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain CME Activity. Self assessment is worth 2 hours of free Category 2 CME credit.
Online Educational Videos & Tools
Please watch the following videos in full screen mode for best educational experience.
How to Rate Spinal Impairment
- Part 1 - Overview (13 minutes)
- Part 2 - How to Get Paid for your Rating Reports (10 minutes)
- Part 3a - Lumbar Impairment Rating (15 minutes)
- Part 3b - Lumbar Impairment Rating, Worksheet (10 minutes)
Doctors play a key role in return to work
A three-minute video on helping injured workers' return to their jobs as soon as medically possible; an occupational medicine physician explains.
Accessing Medical Claim Files from the State Fund
The medical claim file is now available to authorized IME examiners on our secure Claim & Account Center (CAC) system.
When and IME is scheduled the claim and IME provider number are used by the claim manager to grant temporary access to the file. Once the IME report or addendum is received, access is revoked. See how to locate the needed information on CAC.
Videos & tools from external organizations
FifthEdition.com
FifthEdition 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 website (www.washington.edu).
WorkSafeBC
The WorkSafe Courses helps participants prevent occupational injury and disease.
“Back to Health” a series of eight, 2 minute videos discussing back injuries, ways to arrange return to work after injury, and numerous practical tips. "The doctor presenter is wise as well as humorous.”
Find more Online Videos & Tools from L&I and other external organizations
Education by other entities
- Increasing Cultural Competency of Clinicians to Close the Care Gap in Hepatitis B CME on Medscape CME.
- HEAL-WA, the evidence-based health resource for Washington State health care providers. Databases, eBooks, and journals to help answer patient care questions.
Educational opportunities to develop Cultural Competence:
- “UW Nursing Grand Rounds: Clinical Cultural Competence: What Can I Do to Promote Culturally Appropriate Patient Care? By Noel Chrisman, PhD, MPH
- The Cross Cultural Health Care Program and
- Cultural Competency in Healthcare: A Clinical Review and Video Vignettes From the National Medical Association, at Medscape.com. Log in here.
Disclaimer regarding links to other Web sites
Links to non-L&I Web sites are provided as a courtesy to customers when L&I considers that external Web content to be useful and valuable to the public. However, we cannot vouch for, or take responsibility for, information contained on Web sites not administered by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
References in this Web site, or links from this Web site to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of visitors to this site, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, or its officers, employees or agents.
For more information, read L&I's Intended Use/External Content policy.
- American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME).
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians.
- American Medical Association, designed for primary care physicians and open to all AMA members.
- American Public Health Association.
- Center for Occupational Health and Education, Renton, WA.
- Duke Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
- Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety.
- University of Washington Continuing Medical Education Section.
- Washington State Public Health Association.
- Washington State Medical Association.
- Washington State Department of Health.
