Past Event:

PWDF's Sixth Public Seminar

Health Care Issues for People with Psychiatric (or Developmental) Disabilities - Hospital Assessments and Referrals.   Emergency Room Triage

Location:  California State Building, Lower Level Auditorium, 455 Golden Gate Avenue , San Francisco, California

Date: Thursday May 5, 2005

Time: 1 PM to 4 PM

Panel Members:

Triage Specialist/Emergency Room Doctor:  Loren Johnson, M.D., Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Past Chair, California Commission to Preserve Emergency Care

Psychiatrist:  Bernard Sklar, M.D., M. S., Board Certified in Psychiatry and Family Medicine

Mental Health Attorney: Pamela Cohen, Esq. Protection and Advocacy, Inc.

Moderator:  Steven Bruce, Executive Director of People With Disabilities Foundation

Master of Ceremonies:  Dirk Dirksen

PWDF is awarding three (3) hours of continuing education credit:

PWDF is State Bar of California MCLE Provider.

PWDF is a California State Board of Behavioral Sciences Continuing Education Provider. (PCE No. 3321)

PWDF is a Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)  Continuing Education provider