Reports4Courts Limited offers you the opportunity to attend a one day course that will teach you to write medico legal expert witness reports in 6 hours.

Join Nigel Cordwell and Helen Nightingale for this stimulating day of professional development which should lead to a satisfying and remunerative further arm of your practice.

WHY GO ON THIS COURSE?

In these straightened economic times, clinicians need to be open to any alternative income streams.  Interests in tangential fields can also be academically worthwhile and mentally stimulating.  Appearing as a medical expert witness can be challenging, interesting and remunerative.  The uninitiated are apprehensive of court appearance but the reality is that the vast majority of the work in the field is paper based specifically in receiving instructions to see injured persons, examining them and producing a report on the nature and extent of their injuries for the enlightenment of those instructing them and the court.

The focus is on condition and prognosis in the majority of cases and directing one’s forensic skills to areas that often take a back seat in normal day to day practice when principally dealing with diagnosis and treatment issues.  The change of emphasis is refreshing.

Building up a practice in medico legal reporting can lead to new professional contacts with lawyers, court staff and other professionals, both in one’s own field and in others which provides both extended professional development and the opportunity for new avenues of endeavour.

The skills required are not overwhelmingly difficult and it is surprising how many clinicians fail to understand the nature of the expert’s relationship with both the court and their instructing attorney and the patient.

This course aims to address these issues in a concise practical one day setting, as a result of which we are confident that you will be equipped to deal with the key issues of medico legal report writing, namely:

• Receiving instructions
  
• Agreeing fees
• Being commissioned
• Making appointments
• The nature of the patient/client relationship
• The nature of the attorney/expert relationship
• Drafting the report
• Further reports
• Meetings of experts
• Appearing in court

This course will unequivocally focus on the earlier parts of the process given that court appearance eventuates in only a statistical minority of cases.  We aim to get you sensibly, practically and efficiently up and running not make you perfect overnight!

Many highly respected clinicians count medico legal report writing as a major part of their case load and there are both financial and intellectual rewards.

THE VENUE

The course will take place in comfortable professional surroundings in a notable Manchester hotel.  The location will be chosen for ease of access in particular in relation to buses, trains and flights so that the location will not be a bar to your attending.  Overnight accommodation will be available at specially negotiated rates.  The charge for the course will include lunch and appropriate refreshments and the course may be recognised by your professional body for continuing professional development purposes.  We do not warrant that the course will be acceptable and recommend that you consult your professional body if qualification for continuing professional development points is a prerequisite of your attendance.

The course fee is £395 to include all materials. 

We refer you to our detailed terms and conditions herein. By registering for this course, you agree that you have read them and understand them.