Workplace Disability Prevention

Health professionals and Master’s-level social workers can now earn professional certification as Return to Work experts through CMCC’s new graduate level program in Work Disability Prevention. The program has been developed by orthopaedic surgeon and work disability prevention pioneer Dr. Patrick Loisel, a member of the CMCC faculty and Professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

In preparation for the program’s practicum component and final thesis/project, course work explores a
range of subjects, including:

• The Work Disability Paradigm - biological, psychological and social dimensions and interrelations in the pain problem and pain management strategies
• Making a Work Disability Diagnosis - causes and psychological and behavioural implications of work disability, and facilitating a disability diagnosis
• Research Methodology - basics and best practices of study design, sampling, source of data and data analysis
• The Stakeholder's Systems - the nature and origin of work disability within the context of workers compensation boards and public and private insurers
• Coordinating Return to Work - effective case coordination and identifying systemic influences on patient's thoughts and behaviours to achieve a safe and sustainable return to work

Apply by May 18, 2012 for September 2012 enrolment.

For complete details
Visit: www.cmcc.ca/GraduateStudies  
Call: toll-free 1-800-463-2923, ext. 246
Email: gradstudies@cmcc.ca