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Seminar on Legal-Medical Issues - Dec. 10-19, 2008

December 11-19, 2008
South America - Silver Cloud
Seminar on Legal-Medical Issues
24 CME Category 1 Credits (AMA/PRA)

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Seminar on Legal-Medical Issues
Seminar Outline

 
TOPIC HOURS
Medical Malpractice: Causes, Prevention and Defenses 2.0
The Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Case 2.0
The Physician as Expert Witness 2.0
HIPAA and Other Federal Mandates:  Impact on the Medical Profession and Health Care Institutions                                                       2.0
Fraud and Abuse:  Medicolegal Problems of medicare 1.0
Medical Records and Spoliation of Evidence 1.0
Negligence and Informed Consent Issues 1.0
AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases:  Medicolegal and Ethical Issues 2.0
Liability of Hospitals and Managed Care Organizations 2.0
Liability in Selected Specialties 2.0
Recent Developments in Legal Medicine 1.0
Tort Reform in Legal Medicine 1.0
Managed Care:  ERISA, Class Action, Medical Necessity 2.0
End of Life Decisions:  Legal and Ethical Considerations 2.0
Question and Answer Session 1.0

Total Credit Hours   

 24


 

 

Faculty: Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D.
Clinical Professor of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Law
Duquesne University School of Law
Coroner, County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Past President, American College of Legal Medicine
 
 
Seminar Registration Fee:  $495.00

 
 
 
OBJECTIVES
This seminar is designed to familiarize the participant with significant current medicolegal issues and the extent and manner in which these issues impact upon the physician, patient, patient's family, society, legislature and courts. The ever increasing role that the legal system is playing on the way in which health care is organized, financed and delivered, and on the ways in which illness and injury are identified and treated cannot be ignored. It is important that physicians remain current and knowledgeable about the legal environment in which they practice. The overall objective of the seminars is to update the participants understanding of the relationship between medicine and law. Each seminar gives emphasis to common medicolegal issues confronted in practice. Program syllabi further enhance formal presentations and provide a reference guide for later study and review. The experienced faculty have joint doctorates in both medicine and law and thereby bring to the program a depth of knowledge and background in both disciplines.
 
 
 
Participation in the seminar will be by pre-registration only.
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