Advanced Topics in Medical Professional Liability Risk Reduction

Psychiatrists and neurologists: Move beyond the basics with this in depth risk management seminar designed to help you minimize medical professional liability risk while maximizing patient safety.

You will hear from and interact with a unique panel of medical and legal experts about patient suicide risk assessment, the latest proposed Opioid REMS program, risks in forensic practice, qualifications for expert witness testimony, and much more.

As a bonus, you will gain advanced knowledge of the litigation process by experiencing a live mock deposition of an expert witness and cross-examination of a defendant physician.

Objectives:

At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:

• Competently perform a suicide risk assessment
  
• Understand the method of evidence based psychiatry as applied to suicide risk assessment
  
• Describe the FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and their impact on clinical practice
  
• Explain the likely outcome of the proposed Opioid REMS program
  
• Describe how the adoption of EHRs can advance the goals of REMS and make REMS programs fit more efficiently into prescriber workflow
  
• Identify three significant risks associated with forensic practice
  
• Explain two duties that courts are requiring of IME physicians
  
• Define the four types of activities that are considered expert witness testimony
  
• Recognize at least three attributes of acceptable expert witness testimony according to the Federal Rules of Evidence
  
• Understand the purpose of a deposition in a medical malpractice case
  
• Be an effective witness, as a physician, in one's own defense

Register Today!

REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED FOR THIS SEMINAR.

November 13, 2010
Arlington, VA

Up to 5.5 hours CME

Intended Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of psychiatrists and neurologists in clinical practice.

If you are insured with The Psychiatrists' Program or The Neurologists' Program, you can attend this seminar free of charge and you are also eligible to receive a risk management discount on your insurance premium.

Learn more about The Psychiatrists' Program at www.psychprogram.com and The Neurologists' Program at www.tnpinsurance.com.

Meeting Location

Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, VA

Please call the Sheraton National Hotel at (703) 521-1900. A group rate will be offered at $109/night plus tax. To receive the discounted rate, you must indicate that you are with PRMS. Parking is available for $5.00.

Faculty

• Robert I. Simon, MD, DLFAPA
  Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Bethesda, MD
• Daniel Larriviere, MD, JD
  Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
• Edward Fotsch, MD, CEO
  PDR Network
• Robert Goodson, Esq. and Matthew Lee, Esq.
  Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
• Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD
  Assistant Vice President, Risk Management Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.

 

CME Information

Accreditation - Professional Risk Management Services, Inc. (PRMS, Inc.) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation - Professional Risk Management Services, Inc. (PRMS, Inc.) designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Planners

Jacqueline Melonas, RN, MS, JD
Senior Vice President,
Risk Management
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.

Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD
Assistant Vice President,
Risk Management
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.

David Cash, JD, LLM
Senior Risk Manager
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.

Ann McNary, JD
Senior Risk Manager
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.

Denita Neal, JD
Risk Manager
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.