Combined meeting of AOA/RACS/AMLC includes AMA guidelines: Difficult Cases
The American Medical Association (AMA) Impairment Guidelines inform medico legal practitioners as to the level of impairment suffered by patients and assists with their decision determining the suitability of a patient's return to work. While the guidelines are extensive, they sometimes do not account for unusual or difficult cases that arise from time to time.
This workshop provides surgeons involved in the management of medico legal cases with a forum to discuss their difficult cases, the problems they encountered and the steps they applied to satisfactorily resolve the issues faced.
This workshop complements the accredited AMA Guideline Training Courses.
Clinical updates on micro-invasive surgery, on elbows, particularly the stiff elbow, on surgery for arthritis of the ankle, foot surgery, and on degenerative and post traumatic conditions.
- Risk management in bariatric surgery.
- Robotic surgery.
- Medico-legal matters such as "operating on the futile case".
- Current litigation presentations by indemnity providers.
- Expert evidence.
- Pain management including opiate overload and complex regional pain syndrome.
- Difficult cases assessed under AMA 4th, 5th and 6th Editions.
Includes: AMA Impairement Guidelines 4th, 5th and 6th Editions: Difficult Cases.
COVID-19 update from Professional Development
COVID-19 update from Professional Development
Due to the developing situation with the COVID-19 pandemic we have cancelled all RACS face-to-face events including courses, forums, and committee meetings through to 31 August 2020.
Registrations for all remaining 2020 courses are currently suspended until further notice.
If you are currently registered in a 2020 course later in 2020, we request you please wait for advice from the College regarding the status of your course. You will be given three months notice as to whether the course will proceed or be cancelled. Any participants registered in a course that is cancelled will receive a full refund of their course fee.