OEMAC is pleased to offer accredited webinars to its membership for no charge. The webinars will be accredited and CMEs will be provided to attendees.

12-Dec-19 – 12 EST

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome: What you need to know

Ron House

1. To identify the vascular, neurological and musculoskeletal components of Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
2. To describe the diagnostic process and management of HAVS
3. To demonstrate the need for increased awareness and prevention of HAVS

30-Jan-19 – 12 PM MST (2PM EST)

Disability management: Family Physician Perspective

Itua Iriogbe

1. Describe characteristics of the injured worker.
2. Identify challenges in managing the injured worker.
3. Differentiate uncommon but important presentations.

27-Feb-20 – 12 EST

Mental Health and Work: How to handle the hard cases

Randy Russell

1. Initiate and sustain positive momentum for successful GRTW programs from the three key stakeholders;
   – the client
   – management/workplace supervisor
   – community clinicians
2. Explain their role in the process to the stakeholders
3. Be able to handle some common difficult situations that arise in implementing GRTW plans for workers

4-Mar-20 – 12 EST

Using Functional Cognitive Assessments in Assisting Employees to stay at work or return to work

Nancy Gowan

1. The participant will be able to identify employees with potential cognitive concerns in order to determine who might benefit from a functional cognitive assessment
2. The participant will be able to utilize the results of a functional cognitive assessment in order to determine appropriate return to work or stay at work strategies
3. The participant will be able to implement accommodations that employees may use when cognitive concerns are identified by a functional cognitive assessment.

23-Apr-20 – 12 CST

Some of the Health Effects of Welding: Eyes, Lungs and the Brain

Allen Kraut

1. Identify five health hazards potentially related to welding.
2. Describe the evidence both pro and con associating welding exposures with COPD and Parkinsonism.
3. Identify the strength of the association between various types of welding and lung cancer.
4. List 2 strengths and weaknesses of biological monitoring for metals in welders.

14-May-20 – 12 EST

How do I sort out an occupational causation 

Robert D. Hamm

1. Participants will approach the challenge of occupational causation using a best-evidence framework
2. Participants will analyze causation using risk assessment tools with an exposure-outcome focus
3. Participants will employ a directed work and environmental history process with their specific cases
4. Participants will engage search strategies to evaluate and weight the relevant published research base
5. Participants will clearly communicate their findings to patients and their insurers, e.g. WCB