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Medical Legal Conference 2016
—Rebroadcast—
"Jump Start on CPD 2017"
Wednesday, March 1, 2017; 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
(Original date: October 21, 2016)
Who should attend: Lawyers (personal injury litigators), litigation legal support staff, doctors, and nurses.
Learning level: All levels
The twin disciplines of medicine and law naturally have many points of intersection. In the profession of medicine there is an interest in compliance with legal and regulatory standards and the avoidance of medical malpractice claims. In the profession of law, the medical dimension arises where there are injured parties and claims in the context of accidents, occupational health, and medical care.
This comprehensive conference will examine an eclectic array of issues of current and ongoing relevance for doctors, lawyers, nurses, and legal support staff. This dual focus conference may qualify for CME (Continuing Medical Education) credits with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC in addition to qualifying for CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credits with the Law Society of BC.
N.B. The application for CME accreditation is currently in process, but may not be resolved in advance of conference day (October 21, 2016). CLEBC regrets any inconvenience this may cause registrants.
At this course you will learn:
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the current state of the law with medical assistance in dying
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rural medical practice and risk management issues
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the complex issues around the prescription of opioids
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medical and legal causation — an issue at the centre of most medical negligence claims
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to avoid bad decisions — what the science is telling us
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to effectively prepare expert evidence in litigation
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to manage medical legal matters in litigation
CLEBC would like to thank the North York Rehabilitation Centre and Viewpoint Medical Assessments for their generous support in sponsoring this event.
 
Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6 hours (a minimum of 1 hour will involve aspects of professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)
Course Chairs
Dr. Garry Feinstadt — Physician and Surgeon, Vancouver
Paul T. McGivern — Pacific Medical Law, Vancouver
Pricing
"Jump Start on CPD 2017"
$430 *Early Bird register by January 30, 2017 and SAVE!
$475 After January 30, 2017
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CLEBC Program Lawyer
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca
Course Chairs
Dr. Garry Feinstadt — Physician and Surgeon, Vancouver
Paul T. McGivern — Pacific Medical Law, Vancouver
Course Chairs
Dr. Garry Feinstadt has been in family practice in Vancouver since 1973. He is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Family Practice at UBC; is a past president of the College of Family Physicians of BC; and the former head of the Department of Family Practice at BC Women's Hospital.
Over the last ten years, Garry has been working in rural and remote communities in BC and Yukon.
Paul T. McGivern is a senior litigator acting exclusively in plaintiffs' medical negligence and infant injury litigation cases. For the past 31 years his practice has been focused on complex catastrophic cases, especially infant birth trauma cases. He is frequently consulted by counsel throughout Canada for his expertise in this area. He is consistently recommended in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leader in medical malpractice cases and was selected for inclusion in the 2007 (inaugural) and the 2008 through 2016 editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada. Paul brings to his practice a unique background of 17 years as medical malpractice defence counsel. He has an impressive reputation for understanding the technically intricate medical and legal issues of complex malpractice actions.
Paul has been lead counsel in hundreds of medical malpractice claims, many of which have involved multimillion dollar claims. He has litigated a number of high profile and legal precedent setting cases and has appeared as lead counsel before every court level in BC and in the Supreme Court of Canada.
Faculty
The Honourable Madam Justice Neena Sharma — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Guy P. Brown, QC — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
D. Todd Brown — Maryn & Associates, Port Moody
Jennifer J.L. Brun — Harris & Brun, Vancouver
Dr. Pat Croskerry — Director, Critical Thinking Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Dr. Gary Feinstadt — Physician and Surgeon, Vancouver
Dr. Harsh Hundal — Interior Health, Kelowna
Kimberly J. Jakeman — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Paul T. McGivern — Pacific Medical Law, Vancouver
Dr. Spiro Polyhronopoulos — Trauma Treatment Clinic, Vancouver
Dr. John Soles — Physician and Surgeon, Clearwater
Michael G. Thomas — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Galt Wilson — BC College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vancouver
Introduction
Dr. Garry Feinstadt — Physician and Surgeon, Vancouver
Paul T. McGivern — Pacific Medical Law, Vancouver
Cognitive Errors and Decision Failure
- assumptions leading to traps
- reasoning errors and bias in diagnosis
- the dangers of tunnel vision
- Hubris Nemesis
- meeting the challenge of decision-making under pressure
Dr. Pat Croskerry — Director, Critical Thinking Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Rural Medical Practice and Risk Management
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resources and issues
- consultation with the outside
- transportation-of-patient issues
Dr. John Soles — Physician and Surgeon, Clearwater
Networking Break
Opioids: How Much Is Too Much?
- the new college prescribing standards – what has changed?
- what is the difference between a professional standard of practice and a legal standard of care?
- what role do guidelines, standards, and other authoritative publications play in determining the legal standard of care in civil claims?
- what duty is owed by a physician to a patient with severe chronic pain?
- are the new college standards determinative in college disciplinary proceedings?
Guy P. Brown, QC — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Galt Wilson — BC College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vancouver
Medical Experts and Medical Reports
- finding the expert
- asking the right questions
- retaining the expert
- instructions for the expert report
- how the expert can assist the court
Dr. Spiro Polyhronopoulos — Trauma Treatment Clinic, Vancouver
Michael G. Thomas — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Networking Lunch
Medical Assistance in Dying
- cross-Canada update
- challenges to the legislation
- where do we go from here?
Dr. Harsh Hundal — Interior Health, Kelowna
Kimberly J. Jakeman — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Causation: Medical and Legal
- what lawyers need to know about medical causation
- what doctors need to know about legal causation
Paul T. McGivern — Pacific Medical Law, Vancouver
Networking Break
Medical Legal Matters in Litigation
The Honourable Madam Justice Neena Sharma — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
D. Todd Brown — Maryn & Associates, Port Moody
Jennifer J.L. Brun — Harris & Brun, Vancouver
Dr. Garry Feinstadt — Physician and Surgeon, Vancouver
Concluding Remarks
Dr. Garry Feinstadt — Physician and Surgeon, Vancouver
Paul T. McGivern — Pacific Medical Law, Vancouver
This course has no current sessions.
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