American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Task Of Occupational Medicine . Acute & Accumulative Injury Care . Work Related Diseases . Physicals . Environmental . Employee Health . Preventive Medicine . Fitness For duty . Ergonomics & Bio Mechanics . Disaster Response

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Task Of Occupational Medicine . Toxicology . Supervise Drug & Alcohol Testing . Administrative Work Issues (OSHA Compliance) . Labor Relations & Litigation Support . Rehabilitation

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Where Occupational Medicine PA’s Work . Hospitals . Specialty Clinics . Corporations . Out Patient Office . On Site Industrial Setting . Mobile Van Office . Consulting Medical Care . Community Service Committees

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Task of PAs in Hospital Based Occupational Medicine Employee Health Policies and Procedures Employee Exposure Care and Tracking Employee Injury and Illness care Employee Health Training and Tracking Environmental Planning & Surveillance Hospital/Community Disaster Planning Hospital Based Occupational Medical Clinic Committee Member of Health Related Issues

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Occupational Medicine Clinics

. Provides care for multiple employers . Experts of Unique Work Related Health Issues . Provide Unique Care for Various Companies . Case Management

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Task of Corporate Based Occupational Medicine . Work in Company Medical Department . Work with Safety, Labor Relations, and Environmental Engineers . Policy & Procedure Team Member . Treat Work Related Injuries and Illnesses . Often Train Members of Disaster Response . Medical Liaison with Community . May Require Travel in Large Corporations

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine

Professional Proficiency Skills

. Clinical Orthopedics . Sports Medicine . Acute Injury Care . Teaching . Chronic Work Related Illness . Rehab Medicine (Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy) . Ergonomics & Biomechanics . Industrial Safety . Labor Relation Skills (Union & Management) . Knowledge of Workman Compensation & OSHA Regulations . International Travel Issues . Preventive Medicine . Toxicology . Dermatology American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Differences From General Medicine . Freedom From Medicare Medicaid Limitations . Care That Focuses On The Etiology . Less Restrictions On The Level of Care

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Environmental Concerns

. You may be the employee’s only advocate to rationally discern what is right and what is wrong in a work place environment.

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine Occupational Medicine Summary

. Similar to Sports medicine with acute injuries and over use syndromes. . Medically less challenging to diagnose than General medicine. . More challenging to treat in some instances than General Medicine. . Administratively more challenging and complex than general medicine. . Multi levels of customers: Insurers, Patient, Company, Engineers, State & Federal Regulations.

American Academy of Physician Assistants in Occupational Medicine