Coffee and Claims Assessing: Reasonable Accommodations and Disability vs Incapacity

Course Overview

LIVE Webinar: Thursday 16 May, 9am – 11am.

2 Ethics CEUs

Course Content:

This session will be aimed at Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses or other relevant health professionals working in the insurance industry, largely in claims assessing roles. The following will be reviewed during the live session.
  • Discuss incapacity and disability.
  • Definition of incapacity and disability.
  • Differentiate between incapacity and disability in an FCE.
  • What is the legal implication of these definitions.
  • Discuss the legal definition of reasonable accommodations.
  • Discuss employer’s duty in terms of reasonable accommodations.
  • Discuss practically what reasonable accommodations can be requested by the employee.
Group registration discounted rates available >6 registrations = R500pp.
Please contact [email protected] for more information on booking for teams.  

R650.00

About the Presenter

Description

The OT Link is excited to welcome Dr Tania Buys to present this Coffee Club designed specifically for Claims Assessors working in the Insurance Industry.

Tania is a lecturer in the Occupational Therapy Department at the University of Pretoria. Her passion for occupational therapy lies in vocational rehabilitation from a community, private and public sector perspective having worked in all three areas over the years. Her interests and teaching responsibilities include vocational rehabilitation, human rights, disability equity legislation, ethics, advocacy and research. She holds a masters’ degree in occupational therapy and has recently completed her PhD in curriculum development.

Tania’s publications and presentations relate to vocational rehabilitation, mental health, research supervision and hippotherapy.

Additionally, Tania is a passionate, although still learning, horse rider and firmly believes in the therapeutic value of riding as an occupation to achieve occupational wellness and balance.

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