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Writing Reports for Court

2010 Workshop Information

What will you learn?

This important half day workshop offers skills-based training in preparing medical reports for use in legal matters, focusing on the fundamentals of an excellent medico legal report. Gain valuable individualised feedback on your own medico legal reports as well as an understanding of the lawyer/expert relationship, advocate perspective and surgical perspective on form and content

Please note: Prior to the workshop, participants are expected to submit a report based on a designated case study which forms the basis of the workshop.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• To identify the qualities of a well-prepared medical report
• To understand what is needed to comply with court precedural requirements
• To distinguish between assumptions, investigation methods of analysis and conclusions in written reports

Target Group

This course is recommended for surgeons with an interest in medico-legal matters.
Participants are also encouraged to attend AMA Impairment Guidelines Level 4/5: Difficult Cases

	20 November 2010   Sydney
	$842.00 AUD incl. GST (Members* of the RACS) $1052.50 AUD incl. GST (Non Members of the RACS)
	7 points Category 7
	Leo Cussen Institute, barristers and RACS Fellows
More information	To register, please download & submit the registration form below, via post or fax to the Professional Development Department: Registration form - 2010-11-20, Sydney FAQs 2010 Due to a technical malfunction, online registration is currently unavailable. If you wish to register, please download the registration form or contact the Professional Development Department. For further information, please contact: PDactivities@surgeons.org or +61 3 9276 7473

Disclaimer:

In the unlikely event that insufficient registrations are received to make the activity viable or the date or location of a professional development activity is changed the College takes no responsibility for additional individual costs incurred as a result. Please note that registrations are not confirmed until payment has been processed.

If a participant cancels their place in a workshop the following conditions apply:

• For cancellations between two and four weeks before the workshop, participants are eligible for a 50% refund
• There are no refunds for cancellations less than two weeks before the workshop. 
• However, at the discretion of the Professional Development Manager, registrants may be offered a refund or given the opportunity to transfer to another relevant professional development activity.
• Consideration will be given to circumstances of a medical or compassionate nature.

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Note: If you are not a Fellow of the College, you are able to participate in Professional Development activities, however you are unable register online. Please register and pay by completing the registration form at the base of this page and return to the Department of Professional Development by fax on +61 3 9276 7432. Please do not register online using a Member's log in.