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 |
Reduce Your Practice Headaches: Industrial Medicine Tips for Treating Doctors |
September 21, 2013 | Tukwila | All attending providers and other interested parties |
| IME Seminar | October 12, 2013 | Tukwila | Attending doctors and chiropractic consultants |
| Taking the Stress Out of IME Exams: Increasing Efficiency and Decreasing Conflict | October 26, 2013 | Tukwila | Approved Examiners, attending doctors, and other interested parties |
| Advanced Topics in WA Workers' Compensation: Physical Capacity Calculation and Return to Work | November 9, 2013 | Tukwila | Attending providers and other interested parties |
See Past Courses & Seminars that were available to providers.
CME Credits Available (Free)
This library of quick reference videos and publications provides busy clinicians with 24/7 information on-demand. Free CME credits are available to anyone for successful completion of these online CME activities. All are welcome to receive CME credit for this activity, including those who are outside of Washington state and outside of the United States.
L&I Publications
- Attending Doctor's Handbook
CME Self-Assessment Examination (3 hours of Category 2 CME credits) - Attending Provider's Return to Work Desk Reference (RTW)
CME Self-Assessment Examination (3 hours of Category 1 CME credits) - Medical Examiner's Handbook Certification Test
(3 hours of Category 1 CME credits)
L&I Online videos
General instructions for an optimum experience — Please Read Carefully:
You will not be able to interact with the speaker or exercises. To facilitate learning during a video, please write down your answers to polls and test questions, and then compare your responses to those discussed in the presentation.
- Close as many windows as possible on your desktop. It is best not to have more than 2 or 3 windows open when viewing this recording. If you are stalled for some reason, try minimizing your windows to see if there is a dialog box with further instructions.
- Click on the links for each video.
- Following the instructions (enter your name, e-mail, etc., then click “Register Now”.)
- When you click on “View Recorded Webinar” your computer will launch a program for viewing video.
- On many PCs, the default program will be Windows Media Player.
- On Mac computers, the default program may be QuickTime.
- Make sure your audio is turned on and the volume is turned up. You may listen to audio through speakers on your computer or through a headset.
- Allow a few moments for “buffering”, then click the “Play” button. (When “buffering” reaches approximately 3 or 5%, it will probably be ready to play.)
- IMPORTANT NOTE: For best results and the sharpest video image, please be sure to view these recordings in “FULL SCREEN mode by hitting the ESCAPE key.
- If your computer uses Windows Media Player, you may enter FULL SCREEN mode by holding down the ALT key on your keyboard and simultaneously hitting the ENTER key (ALT-ENTER).
- At any point, you may exit FULL SCREEN mode by hitting the ESCAPE key.
- When you move your hands away from the keyboard and mouse for 2 seconds, the video will appear in FULL SCREEN and the navigation bars at the top and bottom of the screen will disappear. Any movement of the mouse will cause the navigation bars to reappear.
- Pause, as needed, to read or take notes.
- Do this by hitting the radio button that has two, vertical parallel lines. After this, a solid arrow will appear on the same button. Hit it when you want to restart the video.
A. Overview, Billing and Documentation (2 hours Category 1 CME)
- CME Quiz - Open this quiz first and take the pre-test before watching the videos.
- Video: Overview (15 min.)
- Video: Billing and Documentation (14 min.)
B. Lumbar Spine (2 hours Category 1 CME)
- CME Quiz - Open this quiz first and take the pre-test before watching the videos.
- Video: Lumbar Impairment rating (15 min.)
- Video: Lumbar Impairment worksheet (10 min.)
The information on opioids is offered as additional CME opportunities and resources from an external source (AMDG).
Opioid Dosing Guideline for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain CME Activity. Self assessment is worth 4 hours of Category 1 CME credits.
Additional resources:
Videos and other Tools (CME credits not available)
L&I Online webinar, videos, and educational tutorials
- HSA Webinar for Hospitals and ER's - "What Emergency Departments need to know about L&I's new Provider Network."
- 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.
Non-L&I 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 - “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.
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.
