2010 American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC)
Orlando, Florida ~ May 2-5, 2010
ABPM MOC ATTENDANCE CALCULATION FORM
For Distance Learning Following AOHC 2010
ABPM MOC Code: 608
ABPM MOC CREDIT
ABPM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credit is only for physicians board-certified in occupational medicine and who are subject to the ABPM requirements.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Enter actual number of ABPM MOC hours attended. Breaks and non-session lunches do not count for credit.
2. Transfer the total credits below to the “CME & ABPM MOC Verification Form for Distance Learning Credit 2010
AOHC.” Be sure to read the requirements and instructions on that form carefully and return it with appropriate
payment as noted on that form.
3. You do not need to return this form if you transfer the number of MOC credits to the “CME & ABPM MOC…” form.
Keep this form for your records. Please do not return the full Q&A Booklet.
4. No certificates will be issued - credit will appear in your ABPM profile approximately 60 days after ACOEM receives your request.
2010American Occupational Health Conference
ABPM MOC Credit / Maximum ABPM MOC
Hours Available* / ABPM MOC Hours
Actually Attended
Sunday, May 2, 2010 / 5.5
Monday, May 3, 2010 / 6
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 / 6
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 / 3
Total ABPM MOC Hours (excluding meal sessions):
Additional ABPM MOC Hours Available: Meal Sessions
*Hours above do NOT include meal sessions. If you attended a meal session and wish to obtain ABPM MOC credit for it, please check the appropriate box below. Please Note: Credit is not given for pharmaceutical sponsored meal sessions/events, or for meal sessions 7000, 7103, or 7201. You must have registered and paid for each meal session you are requesting credit for. Maximum credit per meal session is one hour.
Sunday 12PM q 7104 q 7105
Monday 7AM q 7200 q 7202 q 7207
Monday 12PM q 7203 q 7204 q 7205 q 7206 / Tuesday 7AM q 7300 q 7301 q 7302 q 7303
Wednesday 7AM q 7400 q 7401 q 7402
Total ABPM MOC Hours for Meal Sessions Only (if applicable):
Total ABPM MOC Hours Submitted:
Transfer this total to the “CME & ABPM MOC Verification Form for Distance Learning Credit 2010 AOHC.”
Keep this form and the Q&A booklet that follows for your records.
I attest that I have participated in the ABPM MOC portion of these sessions by answering and self scoring the ABPM MOC questions for each related session.
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Signature Date
Last Name: First Name:
ACOEM Education Department, 25 Northwest Point Blvd, Ste 700, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2010Session 7000 / 7:00am-8:15am / 0 ABPM MOC Credits
New Member Orientation – ABPM MOC Credit is not available for this session.
Session 7102 / 7:00am-8:15am / 0 ABPM MOC Credits
International Environmental Health – CANCELED
Session 2000 / 8:30am-10:00am / 1 ABPM MOC Credits
AOHC Opening Session: C.O. Sappington Memorial Lecture
1. / Michael Grunwald is a senior national correspondent for Time magazine. True/False
2. / The Swamp is the winner of the George Polk Award. True/False
3. / The Clarence Olds Sappington Memorial Lecture was first presented in 1954. True/False
Session 2100 / 10:30am-12Noon / 1.5 ABPM MOC Credits
Electrodiagnosis (EMG/NCS) in Low Back Pain and CTS
1. / Median mononeuropathy (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy in the body. True/False
2. / The only L4 innervated muscle below the knee is the tibialis anterior. True/False
3. / The only L5 innervated muscle below the ankle is the extensor digitorum brevis. True/False
4. / An electrodiagnostic report should always end with “needs to be clinically correlated.” True/False
5. / One of the main goals of electodiagnosis is a suspected radiculopathy is to try and localize the compression to a single or multiple nerve roots. True/False
Session 2101 / 10:30am-12Noon / 1.5 ABPM MOC Credits
Changing Behaviors: Achieving Results with an Effective Integrated Health and Productivity Strategy
1. / How is a health and productivity management strategy potentially valuable to employees and employers?
a. Improve employee health status
b. Reduce employer productivity costs
c. Reduce medical care utilization and costs
d. A and B only
e. B and C only
f. None of the above
2. / What role can a health plan have in health and productivity improvement for members and plan sponsors?
a. Providing health services that reduce absenteeism and presenteeism
b. Providing health services that reduce disability
c. Implementing medical care quality improvement programs
d. Measuring program impact in terms of health and productivity improvement
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
3. / Which of the following is not an example of “irrational” behavioral economic principle:
a. The power of free
b. The recency effect
c. Loss aversion
d. Status quo bias
4. / Which choice best describe a factor or factors in the motivational matrix?
a. Importance of change
b. Confidence to make the change
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
5. / An Integrated Health and Disability program results in:
a. No statistical significant results
b. Statistically significant reduction in both healthcare and disability costs
c. Statistically significant reduction in disability durations
d. Statistically significant reduction in healthcare costs
Session 2102 / 10:30am-12Noon / 1.5 ABPM MOC Credits
Occupational Health Surveillance with the Healthcare Personnel Safety Component of the NHSN
1. / According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which type of event led to the most lost workday injuries and illnesses per 100,000 full-time hospital employees in 2008
a. Overexertion
b. Skip, trip, or fall
c. Violent event
d. Repetitive motion
2. / Currently available components of the National Healthcare Safety Network include
a. Patient safety & healthcare personnel safety
b. Patient safety, healthcare personnel safety, biovigilance
c. Patient safety only
d. No components are available for use yet
3. / Currently available modules within the Healthcare Personnel Safety Component of the NHSN
a. None are currently available
b. Blood and body fluid exposure, influenza vaccination
c. Blood and body fluid exposure only, blood and bold fluid exposure with exposure management, influenza vaccination with (or without) exposure management, influenza exposure management only
d. Blood and body fluid exposure only; blood and body fluid exposure with exposure management; influenza vaccination with (or without) exposure management; influenza exposure management only; tuberculosis exposure; overexertion/lifting (patient handling injuries); slips, trips, and falls; physical assaults; work-related asthma; dermatitis
4. / Which of the following statements is true regarding influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel
a. Vaccine uptake among healthcare personnel was over 75% from 2004-2008
b. It is mandated by OSHA
c. Joint Commission now requires annual evaluation of vaccination rates and reasons for non-participation
d. Data from the National Health Interview Survey can be used to measure vaccine uptake rates for specific facilities
5. / Which of the following benefits of using the NHSN for additional occupational health surveillance is most likely
a. Will promote interaction between healthcare facilities and CDC/NIOSH
b. Will replace the Bureau of Labor Statistics annual survey
c. Will facilitate employee health appointment scheduling
Session 2103 / 10:30am-12Noon / 1.5 ABPM MOC Credits
Critical Appraisal of Occupational and Environmental Health Literature
1. / Which of the following is a systematic error in the design, conduct or analysis of a study
a. Chance
b. Bias
c. Confounding
d. Factoring
2. / Name three of Sir Bradford Hill’s criteria for causation.
3. / Cross-sectional studies can generate incidence data. True/False
4. / What are the main routes of occupational exposure to beryllium in the industrial setting?
5. / Chronic beryllium disease is a granulomatous disease. True/False
Session 2104 / 10:30am-12Noon / 1.5 ABPM MOC Credits
What Constitutes Excellence: Corporate Health Achievement Award Winner Presentations
1. / The purpose of the CHAA award is to
a. Champion improving worker health, safety and environmental management
b. Communicate highest standards of excellence to the business community
c. Provide model organizations with visibility and validation for their efforts
d. Emphasize performance measures and outcomes
e. All of the above
2. / The CHAA Exemplary Practice Citation puts the focus on encouraging step by step improvements in companies. True/False
3. / The success of Baptist Health South Florida’s program is due to
a. Leadership support
b. Integration of health and safety initiatives
c. Culture of wellness
d. Environmental stewardship
e. All of the above
4. / TOCDF Medical Clinic Absence/Disability Management Program has resulted in efficient employee case management and the “Return to Work” process has contributed to effective cost management, enhanced productivity and employee safety/well-being. True/False
5. / The CHAA award focuses on metrics and trends that assist in driving improvement in delivery of health services. True/False
Meal Session 7103 / 12Noon-1:15pm / 0 ABPM MOC Credits
Becoming and Maintaining Board Certification in Occupational Medicine – ABPM MOC Credit is not available for this session.
Meal Session 7104 / 12Noon-1:15pm / 1 ABPM MOC Credits
Legal Update: ADA, HIPAA, and GINA
1. / What major change was sought by the ADAAA of 2008?
a. To reject the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Sutton v United Air Lines, Inc., 527 US 471 (1999) with regard to coverage under the third prong of the definition of disability and to reinstate the reasoning of the Supreme Court in School Board of Nassau County v Arline, 480 US 273 (1987) which set forth a board view of the third prong of the definition of handicap under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
b. To reject the standards enunciated by the Supreme Court in Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., v Williams, 534 US 184 (2002), that the terms “substantially” and “major” in the definition of disability under the ADA “need to be interpreted strictly to create a demanding standard for qualifying as disabled,” and that to be substantially limited in performing a major life activity under the ADA “an individual must have an impairment that prevents or severely restricts the individual from doing activities that are of central importance to most people’s daily lives.”
c. To convey congressional intent that the standard created by the Supreme Court in the case of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., v Williams, 534 US 184 (2002) for “substantially limits,” and applied by lower courts in numerous decisions, has created an inappropriately high level of limitation necessary to obtain coverage under the ADA, to convey that it is the intent of Congress that the primary object of attention in cases brought under the ADA should be whether entities covered under the ADA have complied with their obligations, and to convey that the question of whether an individual’s impairment is a disability under the ADA should not demand extensive analysis.
d. All of the above
2. / Which of these is addressed by the HIPPA non-discrimination requirement?
a. Group health plans may not charge similarly situated individuals different premiums or contributions or impose different deductible, copayment or other cost sharing requirements based on a health factor
b. Plans may provide a premium differential for smokers that may not exceed 20% of the total cost
c. Plans may offer rewards based on the results of testing
d. Programs that reward employees for attending health education seminars are not addressed
3. / Under the Genetic Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
a. Genetic information includes information about the sex or age of an individual or information that an individual currently has a disease or disorder
b. Genetic information includes tests for alcohol or drug use
c. Genetic information may not be collected by a plan for underwriting purposes
d. Genetic information can be collected by health plans as long as they provide a reward for the information
Meal Session 7105 / 12Noon-1:15pm / 1 ABPM MOC Credits
OSHA Record Keeping
1. / The OSHA Recordkeeping Process consists of the following basic steps: determine if a case exists; determine if the case is work-related; determine if the case is new; and determine if the case meets one of the Specific Severity Criteria. True/False
2. / The Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program (NEP) will expire
a. September 30, 2010
b. December 31, 2010
c. October 31, 2010
d. The NEP does not expire
e. None of the above
3. / The OSHA Recordkeeping System is a
a. Medical system
b. Surveillance system
c. Safety system
Meal Session 7106 / 12Noon-1:15pm / 0 ABPM MOC Credits
Optimizing the Use of Functional Capacity Evaluations - CANCELED
Session 2105 / 1:30pm-5:00pm / 3 ABPM MOC Credits
A Practical Approach to Occupational Asthma
1. / Which of the following types of personal respiratory protection would be considered most appropriate for a 38-year-old sandblaster who works in a stationary booth within a foundry?
a. Particulate dust mask
b. Half-face negative pressure respirator
c. Powered-air purifying respirator
d. Airline Respirator (pressure demand or continuous flow)
e. Self containing breathing apparatus (SCBA)
2. / Which of the following items are not key components of an independent medical evaluation?
a. Establishing an illness or injury
b. Determining if the illness or injury occurred in the course of employment
c. Identifying if the claimant has valid medical insurance
d. Estimating if the individual has reached maximal medical improvement
e. Recommending if the employee can return to the workplace safely
3. / Which of the following statements most accurately describes the Worker’s compensation system?
a. All cases fall under common civil law
b. Is a “no-fault” insurance system
c. Across the US, it involves a universal system for compensation of injury or ill employees
d. Medical costs (including rehabilitation) and lost wages are fully compensated when a claim has been approved
4. / Which of the following chemical is a known cause of occupational asthma?
a. Mercaptobenzothiazole
b. Glutaraldehyde
c. Isothiazolinone
d. Thiuram
5. / Which worker shown below is at greatest risk for developing occupational asthma?