Liability Prevention for Medical and Surgical Practitioners: Strategies and Update, 2003
Friday, November 21, 2003
at the The Fairmont Copley Plaza – Boston, MA
For more information and to register for this course visit www.cme.hms.harvard.edu
Download the course brochure (PDF Document, requires Adobe Reader)
Course Directors
Odysseus Argy, MD; Thomas G. Gutheil, MD; David Gould, JD;
Mark J. Hauser, MD; and Clyde Bergstresser, JD
Offered by
Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions
Course Description
This course presents the major risk management areas and legal
pitfalls encountered in current everyday clinical practices.
The objectives of this course are:
- to teach risk management principles.
- to review current developments in liability prevention.
- to recommend solution strategies.
Upon completion, participants will be better equipped to deal with
the tensions that arise in the diagnostic, therapeutic and interpersonal
challenges of clinical practice and will become more knowledgeable
about areas where clinical practice and the law intersect.
Current concepts in malpractice prevention and “hot spots” in risk
management are emphasized.
Unique features of this course include vantage points of practicing
clinicians, plaintiff and defense attorneys. The format incorporates
time for audience questions and discussion with the faculty. This
course is offered in conjunction with The Practitioner in Court: A
Survival Guide.
Course Schedule Friday, November 21, 2003
| 7:45- 8:15am | Registration |
| 8:15- 8:30 | Welcome & Introduction – Odysseus Argy, MD |
| 8:30- 9:30 | Current Developments in Liability Prevention – Odysseus Argy, MD |
| 9:30-10:15 | Informed Consent as Risk Management – Thomas G. Gutheil, MD |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Managing Uncertainty, Risks and Tradeoffs – Stephen G. Pauker, MD |
| 11:30-12:00pm | HIPAA Privacy Regulations: How They Impact on You – James T. Hilliard, JD |
| 12:00-12:30 | The Board of Registration in Medicine: Risks Other Than Malpractice – Nancy Achin Audesse |
| 12:30-12:45 | Panel and Audience Discussion – Odysseus Argy, MD, Stephen G. Pauker, MD, James T. Hilliard, JD, and Nancy Achin Audesse |
| 12:45 – 2:15 | Lunch (on your own) |
| 2:15- 3:00 | Risk Management Strategies for Reducing Medication Errors – David M. Benjamin, PhD |
| 3:00- 3:45 | Empirical Studies of Medical Malpractice – David Studdert, LLB, ScD, MPH |
| 3:45- 4:00 | Break |
| 4:00- 5:00 | Most Frequently Asked Risk Management Questions From the Perspective of the Plaintiff’s From the Perspective of the Defense |
| 5:00- 5:15 | Panel and Audience Discussion – Clyde Bergstresser, JD, David Gould, JD |
| 5:15pm | Adjourn |