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Occupational Medicine/Nursing Session - Wednesday, October 7, 2009 (Note:  Speakers, times and conference information may change.)

  7:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

  8:00

Injured Worker Care: a Comparison of Pilot Projects Washington State COHE vs. New Zealand Better@Work

Timothy Gilmore, MD, PE, Group Health Permanente, Seattle, WA

  8:30

Chiropractic Basics

Sunny Gill, D.C., Kingston Crossing Chiropractic and Massage, Kingston, WA

  9:00

Radon

John Reichle, MD, MPH, Progressive Rehabilitation Associates, Portland, OR

  9:30

Medical Acupuncture

Michael Santoro, MD, MPH, MEND, NW Hand Specialists, Seattle, WA

10:00

Break (Visit Exhibits)

10:30

Occupational Health and Safety in the United States Postal Service

Richard R. Wagoner, MD, United States Postal Service, Seattle WA

11:00

Pain Treatments

Geoffrey Tyson, MD, Northwest Pain Management Association, Mountlake Terrace, WA

11:30

Palmaris Brevis Syndrome

Marc Suffis, MD, West Sound Orthopaedics, Silverdale, WA

12:00 pm

Lunch (Provided)

  1:00

NWCOHS Student Research/Scholarly Project Forum Overall Winner Nurse Practitioners as Attending Providers for Injured Workers:  Evaluating the Effect of Role Expansion on Disability and Costs                     

Jeanne M Sears, PhD, RN, (T. M. Wickizer, G. M. Franklin, A. D. Cheadle, B. B. Berkowitz), University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  1:30

NWCOHS Student Research/Scholarly Project Forum Winner Associations of Blood Lead with Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimated with Serum Creatinine and Cystatin C-based Equations

June Spector, (V. Weaver), University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  2:00

Ergonomics in Diagnostic Imaging

Joan P Baker, MSR RDMS RDCS, Sound Ergonomics LLC, Kenmore, WA

  2:30

Problem – Based Learning in Occupational and Environmental Health

Kristy Ivicek, MN, RN, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA

  3:00

Break (Visit Exhibits)

  3:30

Workplace Health and Safety Hazards in BC’s Acute Care

Hasanat Alamgir, PhD, Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH), Vancouver, BC, Canada

  4:00

Development and Vetting of a Risk Assessment Tool for Healthcare Settings by the Provincial Violence Prevention

Steering Committee

Andrea Lam, M. Sc., Catherine Trask and Chris Back, Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH) in BC,

Leslie Gamble, Interior Health Authority, and Deb Neimi, BC Nurses Union, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  4:30

  4:45

Adjourn

Special Event:  Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden

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