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“People
At Work – Working at People”
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Description:
A
one-day Employers’ Seminar scheduled for 28th February 2007
coincides with the start of the 2007 Continuing Professional
Development and formal educational programmes for occupational medicine
practitioners in the Middle East. The Chief Academic Officer of Harvard
Medical School Dubai Center will open the seminar, and introduce
presenters from Otago University (New Zealand) and UAE University. The
theme, “People At Work – Working at People”, responds
to Middle East employers’ concerns about the extended time it
often takes for ill and injured staff to return to their normal work.
The seminar programme is designed to raise awareness and skill levels in
participating employers so that they can better manage barriers to
return to work in their organisations. It will show how sickness
absence and disability can most effectively be managed, whether an
organisation’s occupational health services are in-house or
contracted.
Programme:
Click here to download a PDF copy of the programme and speakers' biographies.
| 8.30
am |
Introduction and Welcome
Speaker: Professor Robert Thurer, CAO, HMSDC
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| 9.15
am |
Employment Mental Health and Sickness Absence
Speaker: Dr Robin Griffiths, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, NZ
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| 10.00
am |
Assessment of Fitness for Work
Speaker: Dr Mark Newson-Smith, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago,
UAE
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| 10.45
am |
Coffee
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| 11.00
am |
Barriers to Return to Work
Professor
Speaker: Nick Kendall, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, London, UK
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| 11.45
am |
Sickness Absence Management:
“Employer Case Study”
Speaker: Dr Aparna Hegde, Emirates Airlines, Dubai
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| 12.30 pm |
Lunch
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| 1.30
pm |
Essentials of Disability Evaluation
Speaker: Dr Chris Stewart-Patterson, Senior Lecturer, University of
Otago |
| 2.15
pm |
Workplace Rehabilitation
Speaker: Dr John Schneider, UAE University, El Ain
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| 3.00
pm |
Afternoon Tea
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| 3.15
pm |
The Role of the Company Occupational Physician
Speaker: Dr Robin Griffiths, Senior Lecturer, University of
Otago, NZ
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| 4.00
pm |
Managing Your Risks by Contracting
Speaker: Dr Tony Hochberg, Prime Health, Contracting Perth, West
Australia
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| 4.45
pm |
Harvard
Medical School Dubai Center - Its Future Role
in Promoting Occupational Health Education in The Middle East
Region
Speaker: Professor Robert Thurer, CAO, HMSDC
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| 5.30
pm |
End of Seminar
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