California Society of Addiction Medicine / Core Competencies: Conducting and Reporting Substance Abuse Evaluations of Licensed Professionals

Core Competencies: Conducting and Reporting Substance Abuse Evaluations of Licensed Professionals

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Friday, September 28, 2007
9:00 am -- 4:30 pm
Camino Medical Group
701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA

Co-Sponsored by: Santa Clara County Medical Association, Camino Medical Group, El Camino Hospital
Endorsed by: California Medical Association

In conjunction with
The Santa Clara County Medical Association's Third Annual South Bay Conference on Physicians’ Well-Being
Saturday, September 29, 2007 / 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Camino Medical Group, Mountain View, CA
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Purpose of Course
Health care personnel and other professionals constitute a special population vis-à-vis licensing and privileging issues related to personal health and questions of substance abuse. Many times, evaluations are needed to guide the decisions about health, appropriate treatment and monitoring requirements, licensing and privileging. Such evaluations should address all the issues in a coordinated way to meet the needs of the various parties--the person being evaluated, the licensing agency, those guiding treatment, those responsible for licensing and privileging, and perhaps others. This workshop is designed to bring together all the parties to review recommendations for conducting and reporting such evaluations. Through workshops like this, we hope to increase the number of qualified physicians available to do the evaluations.

Course Goals
• To articulate necessary elements in substance abuse evaluations and reports sent to requesting agencies
• To foster communication among agencies and physician evaluators

COURSE PRESENTATION & FACULTY

Protecting the Public is the First Mission: Introduction and Overview of California Regulatory Agencies
CSAM Recommendations
Faculty: William Brostoff, MD and David Pating, MD

When Substance Use is Suspected: What happens? When and Why Do You Need an Outside Evaluation?
Faculty: Janis Thibault, MFT, CADC

Clinical Principles in Conducting an Exam
Faculty: Timmen Cermak, MD

Contents of the Reports – What Should be in the Report
Faculty: Mihran Ask, MD

Panel of Representatives from the Agencies

Panel of Experienced Evaluators Discuss the CSAM Recommendations
Faculty: Michael Parr, MD, Norman Reynolds, MD, Shannon Chavez, MD

When it Gets Complicated
Faculty: Barry M. Rosen, MD

Small Group Discussions of Cases
Participants will receive a syllabus containing the following:
• CSAM recommendations
• Sample reports gathered from the agencies
• Agency information describing their Diversion Program
• Provide a comprehensive report to the referring organization/agency that includes assessment
• Understand needs of referring organizations/agencies regarding substance abuse assessments and potential consequences of the reports

Registration Fee:
$150 Physicians
$120 Non-Physicians
$100 Co-sponsoring organizations/ agencies registering 3 or more representatives. (Call the CSAM Office to register at this rate)

Educational Objectives:
After participating in this program, registrants should be able to:

Conduct evaluations that identify and assess the clinically important elements
Prepare reports that include all core elements
Identify and evaluate essential elements of a substance abuse evaluation requested by licensing/privileging organizations, agencies or employers
Provide a comprehensive report to the referring organization/agency that includes assessment
Understand needs of referring organizations/agencies regarding substance abuse assessments and potential consequences of the reports

Continuing Medical Education
The California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CSAM takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

CSAM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education. Credit is also available for Psychologists, Therapists, Nurses, Drug Abuse Counselors and Physican Assistants.

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