Writing Medico Legal Reports

Workshop information

What will you learn?

This evening workshop helps you to gain greater insight into the issues relating to providing expert opinion and translates the understanding into the preparation of high quality reports. It also explores the lawyer/expert relationship and the role of an advocate.
You can learn how to produce objective, well-structured and comprehensive reports that communicate effectively to the reader. This ability is one of the most important roles of an expert adviser.

Key learning outcomes

• The legal rules covering admissibility of an expert report.
• How to prepare and set out an expert report to ensure compliance with court rules.
• The lawyer/expert relationship, advocate perspective and surgical perspective on form and content.

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 5th Edition: Difficult Cases

Sponsorship -This activity is proudly supported by Avant and mlcoa 

Key details

Location and date:
15 July 2013 (5:30pm-9:00pm) - Sydney, NSW, Australia
28 October 2013 (5:30pm-9:00pm) - Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Fee (all values include GST):
A$92 for members (Fellows, Trainees or International Medical Graduates within the College)
A$115 for non-members of the College

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points: 3 points in category 4

Presenters:
Mr Joe Lizzio FRACS (convenor Sydney), Ms Kate Gillman, Special Counsel, Avant Health Law, Mr Andrew Blandford, Special Counsel, Avant Law and Mr Edward Muston, Barrister (Sydney).
Melbourne presenters TBA.

Registration: Please download the Sydney (PDF 181 KB) or Melbourne registration form (PDF 174 KB) and submit it by post, fax or email to the Department of Professional Development. (view contact details).

More information: Contact the Department of Professional Development.

Cancellation policy

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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Contact

Department of Professional Development
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9249 1106
Fax: +61 3 9276 7412
Email: PDactivities@surgeons.org