Healthcare practitioners have a critical role in the care of people involved in workers compensation and motor vehicle crash compensation systems. These personal injury compensation systems present unique clinical and administrative challenges for clinicians. This ten-week course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to improve the quality of care for compensable patients.

 

Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and the Personal Injury Education Foundation (PIEF) have partnered to create a unique offering for healthcare professionals treating and managing people with compensable injuries and illnesses. The Compensable Health and Medicine Course consists of 7 weeks of self-paced online learning covering the following topics:

1. Overview of healthcare and personal injury compensation systems
2. Navigating compensation systems
3. Clinical concepts and frameworks
4. Common conditions: Musculoskeletal disorders and pain
5. Science and treatment of common conditions
6. Mental health
7. Catastrophic and permanent injuries

 

The centrepiece of this course is the three-day “Intensive” teaching period. During the intensive you will have an unmatched opportunity to foster new professional networks with other participants, course presenters and experts in the treatment of compensable patients. The intensive is an opportunity for critical thought and robust discussion.