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2008 Academy of Organizational & Occupational Psychiatry 19th Annual Meeting

Trauma, PTSD, and Organizational Culture

University Club of Chicago, IL

“This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the Joint Sponsorship of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and AOOP. The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

Saturday, March 15, 2008

7:30-8:00 a.m.         Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:10 a.m.         Introduction

Greg Couser, M.D.

8:10 -10:00 a.m.      Changing the Culture of a Large Retail Organization – Part 1

David E. Morrison, M.D.

10:00-10:15 a.m.     Break

10:15-11:30 a.m.     Changing the Culture of a Large Retail Organization – Part 2

David E. Morrison, M.D.

11:30-1:00 p.m.       Lunch (on your own)

1:00--2:30 p.m.       Challenges in Transforming an Organization's Approach to Mental Health

Paul Hammer, M.D.

2:30-2:40 p.m.         Break

2:40-4:10 p.m.        Organizational Approaches to the Management, Treatment, and Prevention of PTSD

                             Steve Pflanz, M.D.

4:10-4:20 p.m.         Break

4:20-5:20 p.m.         Case Series of Three Robberies with differing PTSD responses

Julia Reade, M.D.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

8:00-8:30 a.m.        Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m.       Treating Occupational PTSD to Resolution. Building a Traumatic Incident Intervention Program with Industry

David McCann, M.D.

10:00-10:15 a.m.     Break

10:15-11:45 a.m.     The “Complete” IME: Integrating the file review with literature references, interview findings, the MMPI-2, and the SIRS, or what I have learned from 31 years of mistakes

C. Donald Williams, MD CGP

11:45 a.m.              Conference Concludes

AOOP 18^th Annual Meeting

Co-sponsored by ACOEM--10 Category 1 CME credits

Saturday, April 14, 2007

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7:30-8:00 a.m.             Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:05 a.m.             Introduction—Greg Couser

8:05 -10:00a.m.            Psychiatry’s Role in the Stay-at-Work/Return-to-Work Process—           Jennifer Christian, Greg Couser, Don Williams

10:00-10:15 a.m.          Break

10:15-11:45 a.m.          Combat and Operational Stress Control in Iraq:  Extreme OOP—Paul Hammer

11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.     Lunch 

1:15-2:30 p.m.             Toxic Leadership—Vineeth John

2:30-2:45 p.m.             Break

2:45-4:00 p.m.             Engagement and the Role of the Manager:  Finding Common Ground Where the Hard Science of Psychiatry can Support the Basic Needs of Management and an Organization—Daven Morrison, Don Albert

4:00-5:00 p.m.             Panel Discussion—Organizational & Occupational Psychiatry:  Who are we?

Sunday, April 15, 2007

8:00-8:30 a.m.             Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m.           Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Conversion Disorder: Determination of Cause in the Context of Injury Claims—David McCann

10:00-10:15 a.m.          Break

10:15-11:45 a.m.          Work Overload, Burnout, and Empathy: The Struggle to Maintain Work-Life Balance in Psychiatric Practice—Steven Pflanz 

11:45 a.m.                  Conference Concludes

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