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Effective communication, whether speaking or listening, is an important part of successful return to work. Whether communicating with the worker, treater, claims manager, senior management or coworkers, our helpful articles will help build the skills required to improve outcomes.
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Lauren Finestone
Workers who receive support from their supervisors are less likely to experience bullying or distress and the desire to leave their jobs when bullying does occur.
Lauren Finestone
Healthcare practitioners can worsen their patients’ condition if they communicate negative biomedical beliefs about low back pain.
Lauren Finestone
A UK study highlights the important role that supervisors, senior managers and workplace culture play in how well workers do when they return to work after being on sick leave.
Lauren Finestone
The fears that the people around injured workers — their employers, family members and GPs — have about pain and (re)injury can influence RTW. Everyone involved in the RTW process must get the message that the benefits of returning to work out
RTWMatters team
This 4 minute video features Dr Mary Wyatt and is an excerpt from our series of 20 elearning modules.
Dr Mary Wyatt & Rhea Mercado
Dr. Mary Wyatt and Rhea Mercado share practical insights from the new It Pays to Care initiative Messaging Matters - The IECCC Framework.
Lauren Finestone
We should spend more time not trying to eliminate conflict at work but creating the ‘right kinds of conflict’.
Lauren Finestone
A study suggests some basic conditions are needed for achieving ‘easy’ collaboration between stakeholders supporting people RTW.
Rhea Mercado
Rhea Mercado of The Intelligent Rebellion delivers an engaging webinar that explores the elements of trust in medical case conferences. Learn practical strategies and messages to build a collaborative and trusting relationship with doctors and workers, es
Lauren Finestone
Updated guidelines provide more detailed guidance on how to assess, treat and manage the rehabilitation of emergency workers with PTSD.
Lauren Finestone
Having a positive attitude can help recovery and RTW.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of communication on work-related injuries. In Part 2 of this summary of her webinar, she uses the example of back pain to explore what messages we usually give patients, and how we can do better.
Dr Mary Wyatt
Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of communication on work-related injuries.
RTWMatters team
Ten reasons to share the key messages from It Pays To Care with everyone who works with workers’ compensation claimants.
