Program Details
2025-10-31 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-10-31 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm ESTThis session explores the unique nature of emergency medicine as healthcare’s safety net, operating 24/7 to treat all patients regardless of ability to pay. Participants will learn how emergency physicians function as generalists mastering the critical ‘golden hour’ and fulfill administrative roles including EMS direction and policy creation.
Dr. Noah KaufmanPeter LeGrand 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm ESTThis session examines the four primary categories generating most emergency medicine claims: diagnostic delays, misdiagnosis, triage errors, and inadequate informed consent. Attendees will analyze fact patterns involving sepsis, cardiac events, and triage failures while learning to distinguish between standard of care experts and causation experts.
Dr. Noah KaufmanPeter LeGrand 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis session covers critical legal frameworks including EMTALA requirements for patient transfers and medical screening examinations. Participants will explore jurisdiction-specific considerations such as COVID-related immunity, medical panel requirements, sudden emergency doctrine, damages caps, and statute of limitations exceptions.
Dr. Noah KaufmanPeter LeGrand 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTA brief intermission allowing participants to refresh before continuing with expert testimony topics. Use this time to review materials and prepare questions for the remaining sessions.
Dr. Noah KaufmanPeter LeGrand 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm ESTThis comprehensive session addresses expert vetting, credential matching requirements, and understanding the standard of care as prospective reasonableness. Topics include high-risk scenarios like cardiac events and sepsis, documentation issues, clinical guidelines versus hospital policies, institutional liability theories, and causation defense strategies.
Dr. Noah KaufmanPeter LeGrand 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm ESTThis session details how experts assist during written discovery, including crafting interrogatories and reviewing medical records as cases develop. Participants will learn best practices for disclosing expert opinions, preparing experts for deposition and trial, and maximizing expert effectiveness in convincing juries.
Dr. Noah KaufmanPeter LeGrand 2:50 pm - 3:10 pm ESTThis forward-looking session examines rising litigation areas including the fentanyl epidemic, mental health assessments, and HIPAA consent issues in emergency settings. Attendees will explore the implications of artificial intelligence in emergency medicine and what attorneys should be monitoring in this evolving landscape.
Dr. Noah KaufmanPeter LeGrandBoard-certified emergency physician with over two decades of clinical experience and more than 10 years serving as a medical-legal expert witness. He has reviewed hundreds of cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, with testimony spanning depositions, hearings, and trial.
Attorney whose practice is concentrated on professional liability litigation, particularly in defending healthcare professionals. He primarily practices in Illinois but has participated in healthcare professional liability litigation around the country.
Board-certified emergency physician with over two decades of clinical experience and more than 10 years serving as a medical-legal expert witness. He has reviewed hundreds of cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, with testimony spanning depositions, hearings, and trial.
Attorney whose practice is concentrated on professional liability litigation, particularly in defending healthcare professionals. He primarily practices in Illinois but has participated in healthcare professional liability litigation around the country.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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