Testifying, Documentation & Ethical Medical-Legal Relationships

Course overview

The Testifying course covers how to set up the "4-corners" of your patient documentation for a medical-legal setting based upon an accurate history and physical examination and then how to ensure it is documented accurately. It then goes to the next step in showing you how to articulate and if necessary, defend your records in direct-examination, cross-examination and re-direct examinations. This program covers every aspect of the legal process in becoming an expert, inclusive of what is required to be considered an expert at this level. Although doctors have to follow the tenents of our licenses, we are also compelled by the legal system to function according to the rules of the courts, which are not inherent within the training of doctors and this course will prepare you to succeed in that system. In addition, the course will prepare you to triage your patients based upon clinical necessity and secure the documentation from other providers to conclude and accurate diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.