1. Program schedule

Diagnosis and management of work-related injuries and illnesses

Session details

Date:

Time:

12:00pm - 1:30pm (Toronto time)

Location:

Zoom videoconferencing

Didactic presentation by:

Anil Adisesh

Session objectives

At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Define occupational illness and occupational injury
2. Evaluate a patient for a suspected occupational or environmental illness/injury
3. Outline a return-to-work plan

Session resources

Comparative clinical and radiographic study of the lumbar spine between parachute infantry soldiers and non-parachute infantry soldiers in Japanese Ground Self-Defense forces
Nemoto O, Kitada A, Naitou S, Tsuchihara T, Ito Y, Tachibana A. Comparative clinical and radiographic study of the lumbar spine between parachute infantry soldiers and non-parachute infantry soldiers in Japanese Ground Self-Defense forces. J R Army Med Corps. 2014 Dec;160(4):286-8. doi: 10.1136/jramc-2013-000149.
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Didactic presentation: Diagnosis and management of work-related injuries and illnesses
In this presentation, Dr. Anil Adisesh discusses how to define an occupational illness and occupational injury, evaluate a patient for a suspected occupational or environmental illness/injury, and outline a return-to-work plan
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Low-back pain disorders as occupational diseases in the Czech Republic and 22 European countries: comparison of national systems, related diagnoses and evaluation criteria
Laštovková A, Nakládalová M, Fenclová Z, Urban P, Gad’ourek P, Lebeda T, Ehler E, Ridzoň P, Hlávková J, Boriková A, Kuijer PP, Bátora I, Scholz-Odermatt SM, Moldovan H, Godderis L, Leijon O, Campo G, Vaněčková M, Bonneterre V, Stikova EJ, Pelclová D. Low-back pain disorders as occupational diseases in the Czech Republic and 22 European countries: comparison of national systems, related diagnoses and evaluation criteria. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2015 Sep;23(3):244-51. Doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4185.
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Whole body vibration in helicopters: risk assessment in relation to low back pain
Kåsin JI, Mansfield N, Wagstaff A. Whole body vibration in helicopters: risk assessment in relation to low back pain. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2011 Aug;82(8):790-6.
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About presenter

Dr. Anil Adisesh received his medical degrees at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is UK trained in general medicine, with UK accreditation in family medicine and UK specialty accreditation in occupational medicine. 

Adisesh worked as Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the UK Health and Safety Executive national laboratory, Buxton. He was subsequently appointed the inaugural JD Irving Limited, Research Chair in Occupational Medicine at Dalhousie University, and was later Associate Professor and Division Director of Occupational Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He was also Head of the Division of Occupational Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto.

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