Compensable Health and Medicine
Healthcare practitioners have a critical role in the care of people involved in workers compensation and motor vehicle crash compensation systems. These personal injury compensation systems present unique clinical and administrative challenges for clinicians. This ten-week course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to improve the quality of care for compensable patients.
Course date
3 MARCH – 10 MAY 2025
Residential intensive 9am - 5pm, 9 & 10 MAY (Friday and Saturday)
Course delivery
Online learning
The hybrid residential intensive session is hosted online or in person at:
Monash Public Health
and Preventive Medicine
553 St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
Course fees
Assessed:
$3,000 GST-free
Program contact
Phone: +61 3 9903 0289
Terms and Conditions
Course registration closes 3 business days prior to the course commencement date.
Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and the Personal Injury Education Foundation (PIEF) have partnered to create a unique offering for healthcare professionals treating and managing people with compensable injuries and illnesses. The Compensable Health and Medicine Course consists of 7 weeks of self-paced online learning covering the following topics:
- Overview of healthcare and personal injury compensation systems
- Navigating compensation systems
- Clinical concepts and frameworks
- Common conditions: Musculoskeletal disorders and pain
- Science and treatment of common conditions
- Mental health
- Catastrophic and permanent injuries
The centrepiece of this course is the two-day “Intensive” teaching period. During the intensive you will have an unmatched opportunity to foster new professional networks with other participants, course presenters and experts in the treatment of compensable patients. The intensive is an opportunity for critical thought and robust discussion.
Learning objectives
- Explain the regulation, structure, financing and delivery of health and medical care in personal injury compensation systems.
- Describe how personal injury compensation processes and practices can impact the health of compensable patients and the practitioner-patient relationship.
- Explain key concepts in compensable health and medicine including the Health Benefits of Good Work, Value-Based Healthcare, and the Clinical Framework for the Delivery of Health Services.
- Describe best-practice approaches to the diagnosis, management and monitoring of compensable patients with musculoskeletal, mental health and traumatic brain injuries.
- Design management programs for compensable patients with chronic pain integrating the latest evidence from pain neuroscience.
- Critique approaches to the management and monitoring of compensable patients.
Accreditation
Compensable Health and Medicine is endorsed by the RACGP as a CPD Approved Activity in the 2023-25 Triennium.
Who should attend?
This course is ideal for treating healthcare practitioners involved in the delivery of care for those with a compensable injury. This course is suitable for general practitioners, physiotherapists, psychologists, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals.
Accelerate your qualification
Eligible participants who complete the micro-credential can receive 6 credit points of unspecified credit* towards eligible postgraduate courses.
*Maximum credit limits and minimum course entry requirements apply, see the terms and conditions page for more details
For more details please contact caryn.vanvreden@monash.edu or shortcourses.depm@monash.edu
Course facilitator
While the information contained herein was correct at the date of publication, Monash University reserves the right to alter procedures, fees and regulations should the need arise.