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Archive: 2003 Annual Conference Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, December 4

 

 

 

7:30

 

Registration, Exhibits, Continental Breakfast

 

 

 

8:00

 

President’s Welcome

 

 

 

Evidence Based Treatment of Neck and Back Injuries: Show us the Data. 
Moderator: Glenn Pransky

 

 

 

8:15

 

Diagnosing and Treating the Symptomatic Disc: Fantasy or Reality - Glenn Pransky

 

 

 

8:30

 

The Maine Osteopathic Outcomes - Robert Keller

 

 

 

9:20

 

Exercise for LBP: What It Can and can’t Do For Your Patients. - Jim Rainville

 

 

 

10:1 0

 

Break

 

 

 

10:4 0

 

Effective Pharmacologic Management of LBP - Preventing Disability. - Gerald Aronoff

 

 

 

11:3 0

 

Panel Discussion

 

 

 

12:0 0

 

Harriet Hardy Award, Nursing Excellence Award
MAAOHN Business Meeting and MAAOHN Awards of Excellence

 

 

 

Risk Management: Unique Issues of OH Practice.
Moderator: Joan McMahon-Marathas

 

 

 

1:30

 

The Banality of Goodness. - David Kern

 

 

 

2:15

 

Legal Standards for Affiliated Practioners. - Janet Michael

 

 

 

3:00

 

Break

 

 

 

3:30

 

Malpractice Risk in Fitness For Duty Exams:Report of a Case and Prevention Strategies: Bill Patterson and Carolyn Langer

 

 

 

5:00

 

President’s Reception

 

 

 

Workshop

 

 

 

6:30

 

Speaking Skills Dinner Workshop (1 hour). - Jennifer Christian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, December 5

 

 

 

7:30

 

Registration, Exhibits, Continental Breakfast

 

 

 

Special Issues.
Moderator: John Burress

 

 

 

8:00

 

Alternative and Complementary Therapy: An Evidence Based Assessment. - Jim Ryan and Richard Glickman-Simon

 

 

 

9:15

 

The Impaired Worker: New England Substance Abuse Trends. - Kathleen Golden-McAndrew

 

 

 

10:0 0

 

Break

 

 

 

10:3 0

 

Occupational Health Surveillance: Information for Action - Lead Poisoning in MA, Work-Related Asthma among MA Workers, Sharps Injuries in MA Hospitals. - Letitia Davis, Rokho Kim, Elise Pechter, Angela Laramie

 

 

 

12:0 0

 

NECOEM Business Meeting
Networking Luncheon

 

 

 

Research Updates.
Moderator: Howard Hu

 

 

 

1:00

 

Risk Factors for On-Duty Coronary Heart Disease Deaths in Firefighters. - Stefanos Kales

 

 

 

1:30

Randomized Control Trial for Treatment of Repetitive Strain Injuries of the Upper Extremities. - Rose Goldman

 

 

 

2:00

Organizational Factors Related to the Incidence of Occupational LBP. - Eileen McNeely

 

 

 

2:30

 

How Much Asthma is Occupational and How Would You Know. - Don Milton

 

 

 

3:00

 

Agricultural Health: Traumatic Injuries and Hazardous Chemical Exposures. - Melissa Perry

 

 

 

3:30

 

Adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CME, CEU, CCM and CM(ABIH) credits were awarded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Board of Directors of the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine selected Dr. David Kern as recipient of the 2003 Harriet Hardy Award.  This prestigious award in occupational medicine is given to a clinician who embodies the dedication and service of Dr. Hardy.

The Speaking Skills Dinner Workshop was a one hour event requiring additional registration fee. 

Products and services of interest to nurses, physicians and related health professionals were exhibited throughout the conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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