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Week 4B: Law & Psychiatry

August 16-20, 2010, Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville

Our seminars run from 9:00 to 12:15 daily, allowing registrants to make use of the resort amenities in the afternoons.

Overview:

This seminar will cover important medico-legal concepts and issues facing psychiatrists. This seminar sets out to develop a familiarity of important medico-legal concepts and issues facing psychiatrists such as malpractice and liability, violence, confidentiality and privilege, consent and capacity.  There will be ample time for discussion and case presentation.

Topics:

Introduction to Forensic and Medico-Legal Psychiatry; Introduction to Risk Assessment; Malpractice and Liability; Violence and the Psychiatric Patient; Confidentiality and Privilege, Consent and Capacity; The Psychiatrist in the Courtroom, Adult ADHD

Faculty:

Dr. John Bradford is the Associate Chief of the Integrated Forensic Program of the Royal Ottawa Healthcare Group. He is Professor and Head of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, and has a cross appointment as Professor in the School of Criminology , University of Ottawa .  He is also a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Queens University .  His research interests included sexual behaviours; impulse control disorders and most aspects of forensic psychiatry.  He has received numerous awards for his work in the field of Forensic Psychiatry and has over 300 peer-reviewed abstracts from presentations all over the world.

Accreditation:

This educational program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for 3 hour credits per session for participants to a maximum of 15 hours.

This educational program is approved as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of CPD options for the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, for 3 hours per session per participant to a maximum of 15 hours. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.