Adjuster Continuing Education
Southern Rehab Network offers a variety of continuing education for adjusters that are licensed in the state of North Carolina. Southern’s Own Unique Presentations are a list of educational courses that provide 2 or 3 hours of continuing education credit. All of these classes have been pre-approved by the NC Department of Insurance. There is no fee associated with this service. To schedule a class today, contact any member of our marketing team or Susan Wooters, Scheduling Coordinator, at the Raleigh office.
- The Banquet Series
- Human Body Systems & Joints
- Diagnostic Studies
- Terminology & Definitions
- Medical/Legal
- Medical Conditions/Diseases & Treatments
- Implants
- Return-to-Work
Vegetable Soup - #C68917
Three complex medical conditions that require extensive diagnostic studies and treatment, as well as causes with potential significant work and life changes and restrictions that warrant vocational assessment and intervention.
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Brachial plexus injury
- Compartment syndrome
3CEU
Fruit Salad - #200588
Gastrointestinal – The anatomy, physiology, disease conditions, diagnostic studies and treatments for the G.I. system.
Emphasis on G.I. system conditions and co-morbidities, stress workplace accommodations and industrial commissions rulings related to compensable gastrointestinal issues.
This course includes:
- Gastritis
- GERDs
- Gastric ulcers
- Obesity
- Gastric bypass
3CEU
Meat & Potatoes - #C75871
Multiple medical conditions with treatment explanations and outcomes combined with return-to-work interventions and recommendations:
- The aging work
- Back injury
- Diabetes mellitus
- Arthritis
- Medications
- Foot and ankle / hand and wrist injury
- Open and closed head injury
- Inhalation injury
- Knee injury
- Skin injury
- Upper extremities injury and treatment
3CEU
Cheese & Crackers - #C96007
Anatomy, physiology & pathology of five key medical conditions:
- Amputations
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Arthritis
- Avascular necrosis
- Alcoholism
Life changes such as dealing with chronic pain and PTSD and physical restrictions for these five conditions, including work related implications.
3CEU
Arm - #C69795
Anatomy & physiology of the arm to include the shoulder, elbow and wrist:
- Injury and development conditions
- Fractures /tissues / tendons / nerve injury
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatment outcomes
2CEU
Ankle & Foot - #C01817
Anatomy & physiology of the ankle and foot including the most common injuries, conditions and treatments including:
- Strains/sprains
- Fractures
- Arthritis
- Total joint replacement.
3CEU
Catastrophic Spine - #C69800
Anatomy of the spine:
- Pictures of injury conditions
- Treatment
- Research today
- Managing the SCAR
- Durable medical equipment
2CEU
Ear - #C205338
Anatomy/Physiology of the ears including traumatic, acquired and congenital hearing disease and conditions.
- Hearing diagnostic studies
- Ear / hearing treatment providers
- Life and work implications of the hearing impaired
2CEU
Eye - #C55041
Anatomy and physiology of the eye:
- Medical and traumatic injury conditions
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments
- Outcomes
3CEU
New Knee - #C205670
Anatomy & physiology of the knee:
- Pathology
- Traumatic conditions
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments
- Medical outcome expectations
- Return-to-work implications
- New experimental treatment and prosthesis
2CEU
Leg - #C69798
Anatomy & physiology of the leg to include the hip, knee and ankle:
- Pathology
- Traumatic conditions
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments both surgical and non-surgical
- Outcomes both medical and work related
2CEU
Neck - #C69752
Anatomy & physiology of the neck:
- Medical conditions
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments
- Outcomes both medical and vocational
2CEU
Neurological - #C69751
Anatomy & physiology of the nervous system:
- Injury and disease conditions
- Diagnostic studies
- Surgical and non-surgical treatments
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome — anatomy & physiology of the hand:
- Injury to tendons
- Injury to ligaments
- Causes for the syndrome
- Surgical & non-surgical treatments
2CEU
Spine - #C69748
Anatomy & physiology of the lumbar spine:
- Medical/trauma conditions
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments
- Surgical and non-surgical outcomes
- Return-to-work expectations
Shoulder - #C203306
Anatomy and physiology of the shoulder. New and pre-existing shoulder conditions; differentiating the shoulder from the neck; diagnostic studies, therapeutic treatments, non-surgical, surgical interventions work restrictions and outcomes.
3 CEU
Leftovers I - #C69977
Radiographic studies:
- Angiogram
- Arteriogram
- Bone scan
- Brain scan
- Brochgram
- Cat scan
- Cystogram
- Discogram
- Fluoroscopy
- X-ray
- MRI
- Myelogram
Electrical studies:
- EMG
- Auditory
- Brain
- Somotosensory
- Echocardiogram
- Evoked
- Potential
- Nerve conditions studies
- Electroencephalogram
2CEU
Leftovers II - #C69980
Vascular diagnostic studies including arteriogram and doppler venogram:
- Psychological diagnostic studies
- Treatment
- Becks inventory
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Bio feedback
- Diagnostic studies
- IQ
- Interest inventory
2CEU
Special Procedures and Treatments - #C69979
Ten complex medical treatments/procedures:
- Bio feedback
- Cell saver
- Electrical stimulation
- Electric shock therapy
- Epidural injections
- Medication infusion pumps
- Continuous passive motion machine
- Spinal cord stimulator
- Ionophoresis
- Phonophoresis
2CEU
Alphabet - #C72935
Medical prefixes, suffixes, definitions and related medical examples of diseases and conditions from A to Z
2CEU
Seasoning - #C03044
Anatomy/physiology/pathology of the body from the brain to the toes. Each body part is pictured with explanation of how the part works normally. Case examples of injury/disease/treatment of specific pathology.
3CEU
ETHICS SOUP - 201984
During this presentation we will discuss the foundations of personal and business ethics, codes and ethical dilemmas specific to insurance adjusters, reasons for resulting unethical behavior and examples of ethical decision making.
3CEU
Burns - #C01818
Types of burns:
- Electrical
- Inhalation
- Chemical
This course covers:
- Short-term and long-term treatment goals
- Therapies, both physical and psychological
- Outcome expectations
- Return-to-work issues
3CEU
Drugs - #C72138
FDA approved medications listed by special treatment categories and disease treatment implications including:
- Herbal and over the counter drugs
- Chemical dependency/addiction
2CEU
Fractures - #C69799
Anatomy & physiology of fractures of the body including:
- Diagnostic studies
- Surgical and non-surgical treatment
- Outcome expectations
- Vocational implications
2CEU
Fusions - #C72136
Common & uncommon surgical fusions including:
- Case studies
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments
- Medical outcomes
- Return-to-work implications
2CEU
Infections - #201930
Infections “impact” us all both medically and financially. This course answers:
- Are infection more prevalent today?
- How have they become resistant to treatment?
- Are there new “pathogens” today or have they always been present?
3CEU
Injections - #200787
The presentation includes anatomy / physiology / diagnostic and treatment of every type of injection for medical treatment:
- Intradermal
- Subcutaneous
- Intravenous
- Intraosseous
- Intrapertioneal
- Epidural
- Implication of infusion medical pumps
2CEU
Pain - #C69796
Definition of pain including:
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatment avenues
- Invasive and non-invasive
- Surgical and non-surgical
- Medical outcome expectations
- Return-to-work implications
2CEU
Scar Tissue - #C203997
Anatomy and physiology of scar tissue formation. After injury/trauma, all tissue heals by producing scar tissue. This class provides insight and answers for scar tissue from trauma, internal and external, diseases, burns, fractures, lacerations, surgeries, amputations and disfigurements.
2CEU
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - #C95753
The class explores and discusses disorders that may develop after a significant stressful event Including:
- Diagnosis
- Causes
- Treatment
- Recommendations
2CEU
Proven Progressive Procedures - #C74299
Twenty FDA approved medical treatments that have been developed from ancient Asia to present time.
- Acupuncture
- Electrical bone stimulation
- Botox
- Epiduroscopy
- Prescription drug contracts
- Joint artificial lubrication
- Diet
- Injections
- Drug infusion pump
- Kyphoplasty
- Discography
- Prolotherapy
- Pneumatic decompression vest
- Radio-frequency nerve ablation
- Rhizotomy
- Tenogram
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Wanddell signs
- Wound vacuum
- Vertebraplasty
Some treatments have been revived and improved and some are seldom used.
3CEU
Psychological - #C06525
Psychiatric conditions related to disease and/or injury including:
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments avenues
- Case studies
2CEU
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy - #C69749
Anatomy & physiology of RSD including:
- Clinical symptoms
- Diagnostic studies
- Treatments
- Outcomes
2CEU
Rehabilitation - #C70682
Post catastrophic injury:
- Treatment and care
- Potential outcomes
- Durable medical equipment
- Home modifications
- Case studies
2CEU
Therapy - #C73807
This course includes:
- History, education and licensure of therapist
- Treatment facilities and indications for therapy
- Specialty therapies
- Outcome expectations
2CEU
Traumatic Brain Injury - #C01819
This course includes:
- Survival and functional outcomes as it relates to the extent of brain damage, alone or in relation to other injuries
- Immediate and appropriate treatment, as well as prevention/control of secondary injuries to the brain
- Understanding the extent of injury and treatment requirements as part of the treatment team
- Recovery of the brain injured individual
3CEU
Implants #1 - #200347
Implants are man made devices that are implanted into the body to replace or add strength and anatomical stability. This course includes:
- Plates & screws
- Ankle prosthesis
- Bladder stimulation
- Breast implants
- Cranial implants
- Cardiac implants
Each implant has a case study example related to compensable injury & diagnosis.
2CEU
Spinal Conditions and Implants - #C203997
Anatomy and physiology of the spine and diagnostic studies. Identification of spinal conditions caused by trauma, degeneration or spinal disease that optimal treatment will require a man-made implant to provide stability and function of the spine.
This course will also cover treatment time frames, impairments / permanent restrictions, as well as work, life and outcome projections.
3CEU
9 Bean Soup - #C04013
Vocational impact in nine steps. This presentation includes discussion of return-to-work services in workers compensation, as well as reasonable expectations from those services. It includes discussion of what can be accomplished in a limited number of contacts and ways to be sure services meet needs and expectations.
2CEU
Vocational/Return-to-Work - #C70221
A comprehensive program regarding how, when, why you may need vocational case management and what you should expect from this process. This class is provided by a certified rehabilitation counselor/educator.
2CEU
