The World Congress will present the latest evidence-based synthesis on neck pain prevention, diagnosis and management as well as current research on auto-safety. The congress themes are Public Health / Health Care and Automobile Safety.

Congress Topics

• Evidence-based prevention strategies
• Risks and prognostic factors influencing course
• Evidence-based diagnosis and treatment
• Societal and public health impact
• Functional disability/optimum return to work interventions
• Advances in auto engineering and traffic safety

Learning Objectives

• Describe societal and public health impact of neck pain in the general population
• Identify risk factors influencing course and prognosis of neck pain
• Identify and describe current evidence-based prevention strategies in neck pain
• Compare and contrast risks and benefits of diagnostic interventions
• Compare and contrast surgical and non-surgical evidence based management strategies with costs and benefits
• Describe complications and adverse events associated with surgical and non-surgical approaches to management
• List factors contributing to evidence-based return to work strategies
• Identify advances in auto engineering and traffic safety contributing to crash prevention
• Identify factors  in head restraint design contributing to significant reductions in neck injury and disability
• Locate evidence-based resources to inform consumer and health professionals on best practices in neck injury prevention and treatment
• Identify personal and practice changes congruent with current research

We invite you to extend your stay in Los Angeles where you can shop ‘till you drop, star gaze on Rodeo Drive, visit Universal Studios Hollywood, swing with the orangutans in the Red Ape Rain Forest at the LA Zoo & Botanical Gardens or experience the beauty of California’s beaches.

We look forward to welcoming you to the wonders of Los Angeles in 2008!

Accreditation

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the Joint Sponsorship of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability (CIRPD). ACOEM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOEM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disability Management Specialists, Rehabilitation Counselors,
Case Managers

The World Congress on Neck Pain has been approved for 17.25 continuing education hours by the following organizations:

• Commission for the Certification of Disability Management Specialists (CDMS)
• Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
• Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC)

Delegates wishing to apply for continuing education hours can do so following your attendance at the World Congress on Neck Pain.

The California Board of Nursing

The California Board of Nursing approves courses with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for meeting RN continuing education requirements (see link). When completing the renewal form or the online CE section, under the section labeled "Provider Number," you will need to enter CME Category 1, instead of a BRN Provider Number.

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