Session Information
AALNC 2008 National Educational Conference
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220: Developing an "Eye" for an Eye Case
Track
:
Clinical Complexities
Program Code:
220
Date:
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Time:
1:15 PM to 2:15 PM
EST
Location:
Grand Salon F
SPEAKER
:
Description
Learning Objectives:
1. Discover how to evaluate the merit of a potential medical legal matter related to eye care, by interpreting records, analyzing and estimating damages, and assessing causation.
2. Determine how to distinguish malpractice from maloccurrence to develop a basis for assessing and identifying liability.
Even experienced trial lawyers, consultants and reviewers of medical-legal matters have difficulty interpreting, comprehending and evaluating medical records and issues related to eye care and potential litigation. Ophthalmology has its own language, format and unique variables as related to legal consulting. Dr. Confino, an experienced ophthalmologist/surgeon/medical-legal consultant, will explain how to understand and interpret eye care medical records and terminology, discuss issues of damages and liability unique to eye care matters and cite several examples of cases involving some of the common areas of litigation, such as cataract surgery, laser vision correction, traumatic injuries and others.
1. Discover how to evaluate the merit of a potential medical legal matter related to eye care, by interpreting records, analyzing and estimating damages, and assessing causation.
2. Determine how to distinguish malpractice from maloccurrence to develop a basis for assessing and identifying liability.
Even experienced trial lawyers, consultants and reviewers of medical-legal matters have difficulty interpreting, comprehending and evaluating medical records and issues related to eye care and potential litigation. Ophthalmology has its own language, format and unique variables as related to legal consulting. Dr. Confino, an experienced ophthalmologist/surgeon/medical-legal consultant, will explain how to understand and interpret eye care medical records and terminology, discuss issues of damages and liability unique to eye care matters and cite several examples of cases involving some of the common areas of litigation, such as cataract surgery, laser vision correction, traumatic injuries and others.
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