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Medical Review Officer (MRO) Assistant Training
Introduction and Overview; Table of Contents; Facu ...
Introduction and Overview; Table of Contents; Faculty Directory and Bios
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Greetings to you all. I'm Dr. Kent Peterson. I'm an occupational physician, board certified occupational physician, and I'm going to be organizing your medical review officer assistant and drug and alcohol testing course this afternoon. I come from Charlottesville, Virginia, a nice little city south of Washington, DC. And I understand that some people have a little difficulty understanding my southern accent, so I actually took some, I got assistance from a speech pathologist, maybe the same one who worked with the fellow in England who did the King's Speech, and he gave me instructions on how to talk northern, so I'm really going to do my best to talk northern for most of my presentation. So welcome to this eight-segment course for MRO assistance, and I assume that you're sitting back comfortably, you got your coats off, your hats and your gloves off, and I'll tell you what, I'm going to do the same. Our initial courses were only for physicians being trained to function as medical review officers. However, because of the great interest on the part of occupational health nurses and other MRO assistants, we've broadened our courses in recent years, and now we offer a course just for MRO assistants. This internet-based learning experience has three components. First, you will be able to listen to eight segments that were recorded by our three experienced faculty members, each teaching a live course to a group of MRO assistants. Secondly, you will be able to follow these presentations by viewing printed slides, which can be found in different tabs of the MRO assistant syllabus. In addition to the slides, there are sometimes other printed materials which you will find useful as resources and for your own study. The third and final component of our program consists of a series of written questions and answers with multiple choices. Most of the questions have only one correct answer, but some of them have more than one answer, and if so, the question makes that clear. These questions will not only help you be sure that you've mastered the material in this program, but they'll also help you train your mind to answer multiple choice questions such as those that are offered on the MRO assistant certification examination. This examination is offered by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council, which we call the MROCC. So if you're interested in becoming a certified MRO, you should contact MROC by going on web to their website, www.mrocc.org. Now let me introduce you to our other two faculty members. Dr. Donna Smith is a clinical psychologist who first specialized in substance abuse disorders and worked with the Department of Defense in developing their first drug testing program in the 1970s during the Vietnam War era. Donna was then asked to work with the Department of Transportation and working out of the office of the Secretary of DOT helped to develop the basic standards and guidelines, first for the DOT drug testing program and secondly for the DOT alcohol testing program. In recent years, Dr. Smith has worked in the private sector with several companies that work with employers to arrange drug and alcohol testing programs that employ MROs to review the test results and that acts as a third-party consortia to be able to manage the data for many different companies. Our third faculty member is Dr. Michael Peet, a forensic toxicologist. You will appreciate his lovely British accent. Dr. Peet came to the United States and began operating and managing drug testing laboratories. He was an advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services when they created the first federal program and now he manages a regional laboratory for Quest Diagnostics. Dr. Peet has worked as a clinical director of a number of laboratories and also is the editor of a toxicology journal. I'm sure you will enjoy each faculty member's presentations and benefit from their wide-ranging experiences in helping to create as well as to implement drug and alcohol programs. Now let's review the eight segments of this online course. The first segment is this introduction which gives an overview of the entire course. Segment two covers the drug testing basics. The purpose is to introduce basic terminology, give a little history about drug testing in the United States, and to review in some detail the duties and responsibilities of the medical review officer. Segment three deals with substance abuse, chemical dependency, and the drug-free workplace programs of the U.S. federal government. It will also deal briefly with the issues of treatment and rehabilitation. In our fourth segment, Dr. Smith will be talking about the MRO office, the orientation to the office and the office operations, and the duties of MRO assistants. In segment five, Dr. Smith will talk about the MRO assistants' relationships with other key players in drug testing such as the employer, the personnel at the collection sites, and the laboratory. In segment six, Dr. Smith will talk about urine drug collection, the 21 steps in the DOT drug testing process, and also the custody and control form which contains within it the chain of custody documents which must be signed. Segment seven deals with laboratory analysis of urine and other drug testing materials. Dr. Peete will talk about the basic components of a drug testing program and laboratory quality assurance. In segment eight, I will be talking about the role of the medical review officer and the MRO assistant in working with the MRO to review laboratory testing results, to contact donors, to conduct interviews, to obtain documentation of prescription medication and other information, to receive reports from clinicians who are doing an opiate physical examination or a shy bladder evaluation. Our final segment, segment nine, will talk about how an MRO assistant can keep up to date, where you can go for additional resources, and how to prepare for the credential examination to become a certified MRO assistant.
Video Summary
Dr. Kent Peterson, an occupational physician, introduces the online course for Medical Review Officer (MRO) assistants and drug and alcohol testing. The course consists of eight segments taught by experienced faculty members. Participants will listen to recorded presentations, view slides, and access additional resources. The program also includes a series of multiple-choice questions to test understanding. The MRO assistant certification examination is offered by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC). The other faculty members are Dr. Donna Smith, a clinical psychologist with expertise in substance abuse disorders, and Dr. Michael Peet, a forensic toxicologist. The course covers various topics related to drug testing, MRO office operations, relationships with key players, laboratory analysis, and the role of MRO assistants. The course concludes with guidance on staying updated and preparing for the certification examination.
Keywords
Dr. Kent Peterson
Medical Review Officer
MRO assistants
drug and alcohol testing
MRO assistant certification
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