Medical/Legal Consulting

This activity is jointly provided by Medical Education Resources and MD Business Consultants.

Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians involved in the forensic medicine.

Statement of Need/Program Overview
This conference educates physicians in a new sub-specialty of forensic medicine.
Physicians attending this conference have an interest in learning this new branch of forensic medicine. Physicians will be able to consult to attorneys in the pre-litigation/pre-trial phase of a legal case after this 2-day learning experience.

Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Establish a forensic medical practice and have systems in place to assure high quality practice standards.
  • Interact with the legal community including attorneys, judges and paralegal assistants.
  • Describe the common pre-litigation/pre-trial forensic issues, injuries and common medical problems encountered
  • Construct and create excellent forensic medical reports.
  • Explain and differentiate the various legal issues involved in this kind of consulting and summarize the workings of attorney offices and the areas of law involved
  • Explain and discuss legal nomenclature
  • Understand how this kind of consulting improves our legal system and assists injured individuals in their recovery.
  • Employ new communication skills with the legal community and employ better interpersonal skills through better communication techniques.

Faculty
Armin Feldman, MD
John Ferris, MD
Thomas Moore, MD

Accreditation Statement

Jointly Accredited Provider

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Education Resources (MER) and MD Business Consultants. MER is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Credit
Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
Medical Education Resources insures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies relevant financial relationships with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Reported relevant financial relationships are mitigated by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. MER is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty reported the following financial relationships with ineligible companies whose products or services may be mentioned in this activity:
Armin Feldman, MD No financial relationships to disclose
John Ferris, MD No financial relationships to disclose
Thomas Moore, MD No financial relationships to disclose

The content managers reported the following financial relationships with ineligible companies whose products or services may be mentioned in this activity:
Planners at Medical Education Resources No financial relationships to disclose

Disclaimer
The content and views presented in this educational activity are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Medical Education Resources and MD Business Consultants. The authors have disclosed if there is any discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA in their presentations.
Before prescribing any medicine, primary references and full prescribing information should be consulted. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.