Wednesday, July 23, 20088
National Judges' Medical School
Judges taking medical courses. Should be mandatory for plaintiff and defense lawyers specializing in medical malpractice as well.
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Comments
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Anonymous
What a silly thing to say. Why should it be mandatory for the lawyers? It is a good idea for them depending on the specific class, because you can't communicate to the jury something you personally don't understand.
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Tony
Anonymous, sounds like a lawyer that wants to keep making money on doctor mistakes.
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Fidel, MD
A nice, naive idea. What do lawyers care about the truth, or facts, or even science?
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Anonymous
As a Doctor I will agree with the first anon about taking law education in that exchange easily. I do not in the least feel threatened by that,, so why should he feel threatened by the opposite.
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Anonymous
It has nothing to do with feeling threatened, but is it really necessary to put even more MANDATORY requirements on either profession? Do we not get enough CLE/CME?
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Anonymous
Tony, if docs want lawyers to stop making money off their mistakes they should step up and pay the victims directly when it happens rather than obfuscate and deny.
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Anonymous
>>How about we start making medical training mandatory for attorneys when an understanding of basic legal procedures and the insurance industry is mandatory for doctors?
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Anonymous
Who feels threatened? It's just who needs yet another mandatory continuing ed requirement? Successful malpractice lawyers know their subject, or they wouldn't be successful. What exactly would you expect them to learn in a few hours of a medical CLE that would have any broad relevance to malpractice cases?
Post a Comment »However, if they can't learn what they need to know about the medical issues in the case from their client and experts, then they've got real problems.
How about we start making medical training mandatory for attorneys when an understanding of basic legal procedures and the insurance industry is mandatory for doctors?
2:45 PM
5:34 PM
All the plaintiffs attorney cares about is making his case - and truth be damned. I offer as proof the career of John Edwards.
The defendants attorney is trying like hell to stop the plaintiff, even when his client is a danger to others.
Facts have not a single thing to do with either position. And the judges are the enablers of both dysfunctional sides.
9:38 PM
6:42 AM
"I offer as proof the career of John Edwards."
Why? Which of his cases, based on your review of the medical records, were wrongly decided? How do your credentials stack up against the experts in the cases? I'm guessing not well given your apparent penchant for speculating without facts.
2:59 PM
3:01 PM
It IS mandatory, with nearly every malpractice carrier out there. If you have a malpractice policy, continuing education on legal issues, risk management, etc., are offered all the time. You take the courses to qualify for premium discounts. Not to mention what's offered at continuing education courses.
Medicolegal issues, how courts work, etc., were covered in my medical school courses.
7:38 PM
I am glad to hear at least one medical school is educating physicians on a subject they are forever opining about. Too bad it seems to be the only one.
"What do lawyers care about the truth, or facts, or even science?"
What do doctors care? Try and get one to admit a mistake and then come talk to me about how lawyers are hiding the truth.
9:33 PM