Lesson series

  • QME Report Writing Course

Legal Minds, Inc. is accredited by the Administrative Director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation for Qualified Medical Evaluator continuing education.
Physicians may report up to 12 hours of credit for QME appointment or reappointment. Provider Number: 14

QME Report Writing Course is an online course dedicated to those trying to become Psych QMEs or those who are already Psych QMEs. Our course is geared to psychologists and psychiatrists, This report writing course gives you the ins and outs to QME report writing and also general forensic and QME best practices. Please ensure you are on a laptop and not a cell phone. When you enter the course in the first section, you will see a variety of documents to help you navigate the course, including a digital document of slides that will coincide with the video presentation.

Make sure to check for documents in each section by the paperclip icon in the upper right corner. These will allow you to see the slides in the initial introduction and there are reports available in the practicum section when you are writing your own report. 

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ENROLL IN THE COURSE AND WOULD LIKE A PRINTED COPY OF THE SLIDES, WE WILL GLADLY SEND YOU A SET FOR $30, INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS IS IN THE COURSE SECTION FOR YOU PERTAINING TO THE SLIDES. 
QME Report Writing  -For the Psych QME!!

What You'll Learn

  • Structure of the Workers’ Comp System
  • Process of QME Renewals and Requirements
  • Time frames for evaluations and exceptions
  • Unavailability
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Disciplinary Process
  • Service of report
  • Types of Evaluations: AME vs. PQME
  • WC History and Background
  • Main Sections of the Report
  • Discussion sections of the Report
  • Relevant Case Law and Statues
  • What to Avoid!
  • Writing Your Own Report
OTHER INFORMATION
QME Report Writing is an online/distance learning course dedicated to QME experts or soon-to-be QME experts, who want to learn the ins and outs of being a sought-after specialist in our field. Whether you are a seasoned professional and would like a refresher on the aspects of the system or are brand new to the QME process, this is a course that will help you become a better expert.

The instructors in this course have been QMEs for a number of years and have a desire to help others in our field become a better expert. They often have said they learn more on every case, whether it is their own cases or mentoring another QME. The moment the learning stops it is time to give up the title as an expert. The best experts are the ones who continually want to improve his or her own knowledge and understanding. Being an expert is a journey as opposed to a destination.

The best part of this training is the opportunity to gain specific feedback on your report writing. Again, these instructors are here to help you. After 12 hours of instruction, which includes quizzes most of the sections, you will have the opportunity to write a report with guidelines from the instructors based on a specific vignette [pre-QMEs are required to submit a report based on the vignette; already certified QMEs voluntarily can submit a redacted report for critique or write a report based on the vignette]. Your report submission will be read and critiqued with extensive feedback provided to you on ways to improve your forensic writing. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the instructors along the way to your report submission.

*Only pre-QMEs taking this course are required to submit a report. 
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