Becoming an Effective Expert Witness
General Information
You are not required to complete this Module in one sitting. Our site will track your progress and allow you to log out, then log in at a later date to complete the activity. You will have one (1) year from your purchase date to complete this Module. This Module will take approximately two (2) hours to complete. In order to receive credit for completing the module, you will be required to complete the quiz presented at the end.
Target Audience: Physicians, and other health professionals.
Medium Used: Proprietary E-Learning Software
Hardware/Software Requirements: A computer running Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or Apple Safari 1.2 or higher. Your web browser must be capable of using cookies and be set to accept cookies from the lawandmed.com domain name. The browser must also be capable of accessing web sites secured using 128-bit secure sockets layer. Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher is required to listen to the audio file presentations. You must also have Adobe Reader version 6 or higher to view PDF files provided throughout the module materials.
Release Date: September 2015
Review Date: July 2021
Termination Date: July 2024
CME Granting Organization
Law and Medicine Media, LLC
P.O. Box 401
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033
Tel: 1-800-808-8525
Website: www.lawandmed.com; info@lawandmed.com
Please contact us with questions regarding your access to the Module.
About the Author
The following Module has been prepared by Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD. Dr. Cotton has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and 15 years of experience as a healthcare attorney.
CME Accreditation Information
ACCME Accreditation Statement
Law & Medicine Media, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the ACCME by Law and Medicine Media, LLC. Law and Medicine Media, LLC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category I Credits ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this continuing medical education activity.
CME Conflict of Interest Statement
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards, Law and Medicine Media, LLC requires faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of Law and Medicine Media, LLC CME activities to disclose to the participant whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflicts of interest or other relationships, including relationships with any manufacturer of any commercial product, related to the content of this CME activity.
With respect to this CME activity, the following disclosures were obtained:
Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – Author/Speaker: Speakers Bureau, Boston Scientific
Timothy R. Haak – Director of Computer Information Systems: Nothing to disclose
Vanessa Donatucci – Director of Operations: Nothing to disclose
No other person was in a position to control the content, presentation or evaluation of this educational activity.
Statement Regarding Commercial Support
Law and Medicine Media, LLC has not received commercial support of any kind related to the preparation or dissemination of this online module. This entire activity was financially supported by Law and Medicine Media, LLC. This activity does not include a discussion of unapproved uses of drugs or devices.
Confidentiality Policy
Law and Medicine Media, LLC shall not, directly or indirectly, share any information regarding the identity of a participating learner in a CME activity, except in the following situations:
As required by contractual provision (such as by an agreement with the participant’s employer);
As required to provide appropriate continuing medical education credit to the participant; and/or
As required by law.
Instructions
In order to earn CME credit(s) you must:
Complete the Module;
Receive at least a 70% score on the post-material quiz;
Complete the Module Evaluation at the end of the module.
Goals and Objectives
At the conclusion of the presentation, the listener should be able to:
- Implement strategies for becoming an efffective expert witness
- Define the standard of care and understand its importance in a medical malpractice lawsuit
- Word expert opinions in a legally sound manner
Disclosure of Activity Development
Name of Topic: Becoming an Effective Expert Witness
Idea for Topic: Advisory Committee, Doctor Inquiries
Decision to Use Topic: Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – August 2015
Selection of Teaching Method: Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – August, 2015
Selection of Content: Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – August, 2015
Author(s)/Speaker(s): Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – August, 2015
Verification of Accuracy of Legal Content: Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – September, 2015
Verification of Accuracy of Medical Content: Joy C. L. Cotton, MD – September, 2015
Proofreading: Vanessa Donatucci – September, 2015
Editing: Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – September, 2015
Development of Post Activity Test/Quiz: Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – September, 2015
Development of Post Activity User Survey/Evaluation: Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – September, 2015
Any other person in a position to control content, presentation, or evaluation of this activity: None
Have all involved persons disclosed all relationships with any commercial entity? Yes
Does the activity make a treatment recommendation, reference to a commercial product or class of commercial products, suggest the use of a commercial product or class of commercial products, or make reference to any commercial entity? No
Does the activity suggest or discuss any “off-label” use? No
Was Commercial Funding Used in Development of Activity? No
Source of funding for development of activity: Law and Medicine Media, LLC
Compliance Officer Attestation
Overall assessment of potential for commercial bias: Negligible. Activity was developed without commercial funds, does not discuss the treatment of any disease and does not mention the use (including off-label use) of a commercial product or class of products.
Action(s) taken to address/limit the potential for commercial bias: None needed.
Mechanism used to disclose all relevant financial relationships to provider: Yes. All persons listed in the Disclosure of Activity Development completed Disclosure of Financial Relationships Form.
Action(s) taken to address/resolve conflicts of interest: None needed. Although there was one financial relationship revealed, topic does not discuss the treatment of any disease and does not mention the use (including off-label use) of a commercial product or class of products. Although there is no actual or apparent conflict of interest, the relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to learners prior to the commencement of the activity.
Disclosure of all relevant financial relationships, or no financial relationships, of all persons listed on Commercial Relationships of All Involved Persons (Disclosure of Activity Development (Part 2)[displayed on webpage]) form made to learners prior to commencement of activity: Yes. Disclosure appears on introductory pages. Disclosure includes list of each person followed by relevant disclosure or statement that there is nothing to disclose.
I have reviewed this educational activity along with the above information and verify that it is in accordance with the ACCME and Law and Medicine Media, LLC’s applicable policies.
Attest:
Vanessa Donatucci
- This educational activity is available in both audio and written formats. You may choose either or both options. Becoming an Effective Expert Witness - to be used as an alternative to the audio presentation.