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CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION AND DENTAL MALPRACTICE: WILL YOUR RECORDS DEFEND YOU SUCCESSFULLY IN COURT?
Course Code: 7306

  Mitchell Gardiner, DMD

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
8:15am - 11:15am

CE Hours: 3.0

By 9/9: $0 Dentist/$0 Staff/$0 Federal Dentist/$0 USD
After 9/9: $0 Dentist/$0 Staff/$0 Federal Dentist/$0 USD

Clinical documentation is of critical importance in defending dentists in malpractice lawsuits. Dentists and their staffs will learn if their record keeping meets the standard of care. Actual malpractice lawsuits will be analyzed and participants will see how these cases were won and lost in court.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Document their clinical records so that they can defend themselves in a lawsuit
2. Make their clinical records meet accepted standards of care for record keeping
3. Understand why clinical documentation is so important in a malpractice lawsuit



Category: Practice and Risk Management

Recommended for: Dentist/Dental Student, Hygienist, Dental Assistant, Business Assistant
Include on ADA365.org: Yes 

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