- Describe and utilize the ACOEM guidelines throughout an occupational concussion care plan.
- Describe and utilize strategies for active return to work in the setting of post-concussive syndrome.
- Integrate timely and appropriate adjunct care and referral for patients with an occupational concussion.
- Discuss the elements of the medical history with are important to determine in deciding whether stress symptoms are compensable under workers' compensation.
- Explain the treatment of work-related stress disturbances that can be implemented in the urgent care setting.
2017 Fall Urgent Care Conference
46 minutes synced audio and Power Point
Course Description: The brain is a complicated organ, and problems can become all the more complicated by an injury or incident sustained on the job! Join Jennifer Rowlinson, PA-C and Joe Toscano, MD for a discussion of how to assess and treat patients with concussion and stress disturbance that is work-related, with an emphasis on ACOEM-Guideline-related and other evidence-based care.
Speaker: Joseph Toscano, MD received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1989 and trained in internal medicine at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. He has worked in the areas of emergency medicine and urgent care for twenty-five years. He has been an attending emergency physician at San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, California since 1999 and has been Chairman of the department since 2013. Dr. Toscano has worked in Urgent Care since 2005 and was previously a partner and corporate medical director for Pinnacle Urgent Care and a staff urgent care physician with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. In addition to caring for patients, he is senior research editor for Emergency Medicine Practice, a monthly, evidence-based, emergency medicine CME publication. He is a member of the editorial boards for the journals, Emergency Medicine and the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine, and develops and reviews continuing medical education material in urgent care and emergency medicine for a variety of other publications and organizations. He has been an active member of the Urgent Care Association of America since 2005 and has presented clinical topics at several UCAOA conferences and conventions. He is a founding board member of both the College of Urgent Care Medicine (CUCM) and the Board of Certification in Urgent Care Medicine (BCUCM) and currently if the Clinical Content Advisor for UCAOA.
1 Credit CME
Designation Statement
The Urgent Care Association of America designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement
The Urgent Care Association of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Submitting for Credit:
If you would like to submit for credit above, you complete the 5 question knowledge test and answer 3 out of 5 correctly. Your certificate will be available under My Credits in your UCAOA profile and your credit will be placed in your profile under “Professional Development” of click on “My Credits”.
Please email education@ucaoa.org with questions.