AOOP's 10th Annual Conference offers cutting-edge information for clinicians with experience as well as a basic skills workshop for those who wish to explore occupational and organizational psychiatry.

Program Chair: Randall S. Riggs, M.D.
Program Co-Chair: Stephen H. Heidel, M.D., M.B.A.

This conference qualifies for up to 17.5 hours of Category 1 Continuing Medical Education Credit.

Friday, January 15
12:30 p.m.: Registration Opens

1:00-5:30 p.m.
Basic Skills in Occupational Psychiatry for Enhancing Mental Health in the Workplace and the Organization

1:00-1:10 p.m.
Welcome—Thomas Valk, M.D.
Introduction—Randall Riggs, M.D., Program Chair

1:10-3:20 p.m.: PART I
Panel on Basic Skills—Thomas Valk, M.D., Moderator

1:10-1:40 p.m.
Independent Medical and Disability Examinations—C. Donald Williams, M.D.

1:40-2:10 p.m.
Mental Health Consulting to Government Agencies—Mark Hauser, M.D.

2:10-2:20 p.m.: Break

2:20-2:50 p.m.
Employee Assistance Programs—Stephen Heidel, M.D., M.B.A.

2:50-3:20 p.m.
Mental Health of Executives—Jeffrey Kahn, M.D.

3:20-3:30 p.m.: Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.: PART II
Essentials of Law for the Organizational and Occupational Psychiatrist—Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D.

4:30-5:30 p.m.: PART III
Small Group Problem Solving Activity: Differences in Promoting Mental Health for a Population vs. for an Individual— Mark Hauser, M.D.; Jeffrey Kahn, M.D.; Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D.; Thomas Valk, M.D.; C. Donald Williams, M.D.

5:30-7:00 p.m.: Reception

7:00-9:30 p.m.
Psychoanalytic Case Presentation and Discussion with Dinner (sign-up limited to 20 people)—Laura Huggler, M.A. and Jay Abel-Horowitz, M.D.

Saturday, January 16
7:30 a.m.: Registration Opens

8:00-8:15 a.m.
Welcome—Thomas H. Valk, M.D.; President, AOOP
Introduction—Randall S. Riggs, M.D.; Program Chair, AOOP

8:15-9:15 a.m.
A Psychiatrist's Experience in Maintaining Quality and Physician Identity in a Large HMO—Elmore A. Rigamer, M.D., M.P.A.

9:15-10:15 a.m.
Enhancing Access to Mental Health Services via the Human Resources Department: How to Speak "HR"—Laura Huggler, M.A.

10:15-10:30 a.m.: Break

10:30-11:30 a.m.
The Impact of Physician Behaviors on the Management of Disability—Marie-Claude Rigaude, M.D., M.P.H.

11:30-12:30 p.m.
Healthy Families Lead to Healthy Business—Joseph Astrachan, Ph.D. and Boris Astrachan, M.D.

12:30-2:00 p.m.
Luncheon Honoring Speakers, Officers and Board of AOOP

2:00-3:00 p.m.
Cybermedicine: Powerful New Tools for Behavioral Medicine in the 21^st Century—Steven E. Locke, M.D.

3:00-3:15 p.m.: Break

3:15-4:15 p.m.
A Major Survey Reveals How Businesses Perceive Psychiatry–Implications for Change to Improve Mental Health in Business—Stephen H. Heidel, M.D., M.B.A.

4:15-5:15 p.m.
Strategic Small Group Problem Solving: How Can We Improve Access to Psychiatric Services in the Organization and the Workplace?—Randall S. Riggs, M.D. and Facilitators

5:15-7:00 p.m.: Reception

Sunday, January 17
8:30-9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Strategic Planning Meeting for All Members—Thomas H. Valk, M.D.

9:30-11:00 a.m.
What the Mental Health Consultant Should Know about Recent Developments in ADA, FMLA and Discrimination Laws—Julia E. Gabis, J.D.

11:00-11:15 a.m.: Break

 
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