Modules
ASD
Module 1
The Role of the OBGYN in Civil Matters and Litigation
- Understanding your role as a teacher and educator.
- Advocating for your opinion.
- Balancing your clinical versus legal work.
- Understanding your qualifications and the basics of Federal Rule of Evidence 702.
- Becoming the “go-to” OBGYN Expert Witness.
- Reviewing your specific data.
- Identifying commonalities of successful OBGYN Expert Witnesses.
Module 2
Working With Attorneys
- Determining whether to accept a case.
- Navigating roadblocks.
- Understanding your role as an educator and as an expert witness.
- Using “SHINE”.
- Applying best practices of working the case.
- Identifying “red flags”.
- Utilizing keys to success.
Module 3
Setting Up Your OBGYN Expert Witness Practice
- Understanding Clinician Burnout and The Yerkes-Dodson Stress Level Curve.
- Achieving the goal of superior high-quality product for your clients.
- Setting up your office and organizing your practice.
- Creating and working with a support system.
- Creating a professional climate.
- Mastering your calendar and tracking your cases.
- Ensuring positive cash flow and maximum profitability.
Module 4
The Bulletproof Report
- Understanding the impact of your report.
- Setting the proper mindset.
- Reviewing the components of the report.
- Realizing the benefits of a bullet-proof report.
Module 5
Report Pearls - Best Practices in Report Preparation
- Ensuring readability and understandability.
- Implementing an A-Z proofreading checklist.
- Utilizing best practices for report generation.
- Creating accurate and compelling exhibits.
Module 6
Bulletproofing Your Methodology, Opinions and Passing the Daubert Challenge
- Understanding and Bulletproofing yourself from the Daubert Challenge.
- Presenting and defending your opinions and your report with confidence.
- Achieving the goal of superior high-quality product for your clients.
- Setting up your office and organizing your practice.
- Creating and working with a support system.
- Creating a professional climate.
- Mastering your calendar and tracking your cases.
- Ensuring positive cash flow and maximum profitability.
Module 7
Marketing and Advertising
- Comparing and contrasting clinical marketing with expert witness work.
- Integrating concepts on personal and professional branding.
- Examining concepts on why OBGYNs should consider expert witness work.
- Setting realistic tangible goals.
Module 8
Risk Management for the OBGYN Expert Witness
- Utilizing ethics in your finances, communications, reports, depositions, and trial testimonies.
- Comparing and contrasting the ethical principles involved in insurance-based work, class-action cases, and medical malpractice cases.
- Networking and establishing rules of professional conduct.
- Increasing your awareness of ethical “red flags”.
Module 9
Introduction to Ethics
- Establishing core values.
- Checking your work.
- Determining if professional liability insurance is needed
- Caring for documents.
- Being the referee.
- Appreciating the value of “showing up”.
- Interacting with other experts.
- Understanding appropriate boundaries.
Module 10
CV Development
- Understanding the role of your CV.
- Considering factors that make you more competitive and compelling.
- Analyzing the latest trends in CV preparation.
- Preparing a truthful, concise summary of your qualifications and skills.
- Reformulating and revitalizing key sections of your CV.
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