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
