Session Information
AALNC 2008 National Educational Conference
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322: Colleagues on Opposite Sides of the Fence
Track : Depositions and Expert Witness Testimony
Program Code: 322
Date: Friday, April 11, 2008
Time: 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM  EST
Location: Grand Salon F
SPEAKER (S):
 Kathleen Colfer, MSN RN BC, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
 Elisabeth Ridgely, BSN RN LNCC
Description
Learning Objectives:

1. Identify opposing nurse expert witness opinions in a medical malpractice case.

2. Recognize interpersonal issues that may arise when colleagues or friends are opposing nurse experts on the same case.

This session will be given by opposing expert witnesses on a medical malpractice case.
There will be a brief description of the facts of the case and then each expert will discuss the development of her opinions. After reporting the outcome of the case the experts will discuss issues that may arise when colleagues and friends are on opposing sides of the same case.