Sofia Gorker OTR
Occupational Therapist
7447 SEPULVEDA BLVD VAN NUYS CA, 91405About
Dr. Sofia Gorker practices Occupational Medicine in VAN NUYS, CA. Dr. Gorker evaluates the interaction between work and health. Occupational medicine physicians have general knowledge of worksite operations and are familiar with the toxic properties of materials used by employees and the potential hazards and stressors of work processes; in addition to being qualified to determine an employees physical and emotional fitness for work; diagnosing and treating occupational diseases; handling work related injuries; and having an understanding of rehabilitation methods, health education techniques, sanitation, and workers compensation laws.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Vision 2000: the transformation of professional practice.
- Developing a multi-institutional nursing report card.
- The problem of recurrent headache.
- Medical education of staff and public.
- The preceptorship system at U.V.M.
- Integration of the last year of college and the first year of medical school.
- Integration of the fourth year of college with the first year of medical school; two years' experience.
- Workshop conference on specialism in medicine. I. Residence program.
- Current status of therapy in cerebral vascular accidents.
- Liaison between premedical advisers and medical college admissioncommittees.
- Medical education in Tehran, Iran.
- Medical care: its social and organizational aspects. The financing of medical education.
- The world around us. The expanding body of scientific knowledge.
- PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 1952-1964.
- FACULTY APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND TERMINATION.
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