The Medical Unit of the Workers' Compensation Board is comprised of two physicians, two nurses and a medical secretary. We see our role as members of the overall Health Service Provider team and, to that end, we communicate and liaise with other Health Care Service Providers to ensure the best medical management for injured workers. Our pro-active approach reinforces the Board's philosophy of a safe and timely return to work and reflects the Canadian Medical Association's policy on "The Physician's Role in Helping Patients Return to Work After an Illness or Injury."

The specific duties of the Medical Unit include:

• serving as medical information resources for the claims adjudicators, rehabilitation counsellors, Review Committee and Appeals Tribunal members, and health care service providers in the community;
• advising on entitlement of worker, work-relatedness of injury and causation;
• advising and overseeing medical treatment and investigation;
• doing assessment examinations for the purpose of determining diagnosis, progress of treatment and recovery, fitness for return to work and vocational rehabilitation and permanent medical impairment (pensions) entitlement;
• expediting treatments, consultations, investigative procedures; and
• visiting work sites.

We welcome phone calls from health service providers. Please call to discuss medical case management or for information. The Board's library maintains a section of occupational medicine and we have access to medical searches if referenced literature is required.

The Medical Unit may be reached from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) at:

Local: (867) 920-3851
Toll Free: 1-800-661-0792
Fax: (867) 873-4596