The Mental and Behavioral Disorder Independent Medical Examination

Описание: Dr. Charl Els is a psychiatrist, addiction specialist, occupational health physician, and research partner with the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence.

In this video, Dr. Els explains who conducts independent medical exams (IMEs), the reasons for the exams, and why inconsistency in exam results is concerning. In summarizing the methodology for IMEs, Dr. Els offers best practices and tools that can improve the accuracy and reliability of these assessments at each step in the process:
Methodology
Assessment
Analysis
Report
Conclusion

Mental and behavioral disorder IMEs are different than those conducted to assess physical conditions.