In part two of our mental injury webinar series, WorkCover Queensland Head of Communication, Eve Faulkner, welcomes guest speaker Dr Mary Wyatt, to unpack studies demonstrating the impact an employer's response to injury can have on return to work outcomes.
Dr Wyatt will also delve into what employers can do to better support workers with a mental injury in their recovery and return to work, highlighting the It Pays to Care policy.
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This webinar will be recorded and shared via email and on our socials after the event. You can also view past webinars on our YouTube channel playlist.
Please note, the information shared by WorkCover Queensland and Dr Wyatt during this webinar is general information only and should not be considered as legal advice.
PART ONE - Lived Experience
To view the recording for part one in our series, please visit this page.
Guest speaker
Dr Mary Wyatt is an Occupational Physician who is active in policy development and research through the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) and other organisations. Her interest is in getting research into practice.
Decades of work in injury management has included running an early intervention case management approach across several medium to large employers. Prior to specialising in the 1990s, Mary was a treating GP.
Other work has included IMEs, running RTWMatters.org (a non-profit seeking to share evidence-based practices that support better RTW), research on RTW for Safe Work Australia, teaching via Monash University, and various scheme reviews of return to work and claims management for policymakers.
Mary is the lead Fellow in AFOEM / RACP’s most recent Health Benefits of Good Work policy development – It Pays to Care: Bringing evidence-informed practice to work injury schemes helps workers and their workplaces. An imperative for change and call to action.