Legal Aspects of Surgical Practice

There has always been an association between the medical and legal professions. Changes in regulation of the medical profession, the increased trend to litigation, alterations to the coroners' service and the closure of university departments of medical jurisprudence have all contributed to a feeling of unease in dealing with medico-legal matters.

In order to meet the growing demand for surgically-focused training in how to respond to many medico-legal issues the Course Director, Professor Paul Marks, has designed a course to cover the following topics:

• Consent and refusal of treatment
• Clinical negligence
• End of life issues
• Report writing and giving evidence
• The coroner system

The format of the course will be a combination of lectures and workshop groups. Some pre-reading is required prior to attending the course.

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Date 15 November 2013	Location The Royal College of Surgeons of England	Fee Full Course Fee: £360.00 RCS Members/Fellows: £324.00
Contact education@rcseng.ac.uk or 020 7869 6300
Application form	Register your interest

Course Director

Mr Paul Marks
Consultant Neurosurgeon, The General Infirmary at Leeds
Assistant Deputy Coroner, West Yorkshire

By being both a Neurosurgeon and Deputy Coroner, Mr Marks is ideally qualified and experienced to lead this course. He has brought together surgical co-faculty who have broad experience in the complex area of medico-legal issues.

Target Audience / Suitability

ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST8, Consultant, SpR

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Additional Information

For a comprehensive review of the course, visit the BMJ website.

Delegate Feedback

'I thoroughly enjoyed this course and felt it was not only useful but has also changed my practise. I found the simulated inquest particularly interesting. As a trainee, I feel this is an important subject often neglected in the training of surgeons. Given that medical negligence cases have increased so much in the recent past, this course arguably deserves to be expanded to all trainees in the UK. Many thanks. I have and will continue to recommend this course.'

'Good educational and interesting opportunity. Very useful day. I feel I have greatly benefitted from information learned and will definately put into practice these new skills.'