Top ten tips for dealing with the Doc
Gabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt
Is "bad medicine" delaying RTW at your organisation? This top ten will help sweeten your relationship with medical practitioners in a way that supports worker recovery and timely RTW...Demonstrate concern about injured employees. Doctors care about their patients and are likely to see themselves as allies of injured employees.This can be a great thing because you want your employee to receive appropriate treatment and support – but if the doctor picks up on an adversarial employee / employer (e.g. supervisor) relationship, chances are they’ll pick a side, and it won’t be yours. Make it easy for the do...