Education and Training Resources
Essential WorkWellness is pleased to offer resources for ergonomic education and online continuing education (CE).
Learning activities will be added on an ongoing basis, so bookmark this page to track updates.
We will be offering free learning activities as well as some that require a small fee. Why the difference? Some professions require that continuing education activities be approved by a credentialing organization. These organizations generally charge several hundred dollars to the sponsor of the learning activity for CE approval. As a result, we must charge a minimal fee to offset our expenses.
Free CE activities: You will receive a basic certificate of completion for these activities.
Small fee CE activities: You will receive a certificate of completion with approval for credit hours from professional credentialing organizations.
Simply click on the topic of your choice to be directed to the learning activity and post test.
Healthcare Ergonomics
Vascular Imaging Essential WorkWellness (VIEW) Toolkit
The 2010 revisions for ICAVL and ICAEL accreditation require that vascular and echo labs have an injury avoidance policy. With injury rates among sonographers reaching 90%, it’s long overdue, but where do you start? Here’s your road map.
The VIEW Toolkit takes you step-by-step through the basic elements of developing a musculoskeletal injury avoidance program for vascular ultrasound labs including:
- hazard assessment
- incident and near miss reporting
- risk control
- statistical tracking
The comprehensive 50 page VIEW Toolkit workbook includes templates of all forms and checklists for each phase of the program. The CD Version includes the VIEW Toolkit workbook, plus a CD with electronic versions of all forms and checklists.
VIEW Toolkit workbook—Introductory pricing $185
VIEW Toolkit workbook plus CD—$215
Ergonomics 101: Work Related MSD Awareness in the Vascular Lab. Cost: $15.00
ICAVL Standards recommend that at least 1 of the required 15 yearly CME credits for Technical Directors be on the topic of work-related musculoskeletal disorders during ultrasound scanning. This online presentation will introduce the first of three steps to work wellness: Awareness--along with tools to get started on ergonomic awareness in your lab. CME approved for 1 credit hour from SVU.
Basic system requirements: Internet access (Mozilla Foxfire preferred), Microsoft PowerPoint, speakers. NOTE: Some firewalls block access. Recommend using personal computer.
Coming soon!
Echo Applications of Safety & Ergonomics (EASE) Toolkit
The EASE Toolkit provides step-by-step guidance for developing a musculoskeletal injury avoidance program for echocardiography labs for ICAEL compliance.
Office Ergonomics
Computer Ergonomics-A free tutorial for understanding risks for computer-related repetitive strain injuries. NOTE: This tutorial does NOT satisfy ICAVL or ICAEL CME requirements.