Learning Overview:

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This 90-minute highly interactive workshop provides forensic experts with the essential cognitive tools to transition effectively from analytical evaluation to persuasive courtroom testimony. The workshop emphasizes persuasive medicolegal report writing, understanding the legal system, dealing with lawyers and judges, and the courtroom presentation skills required of expert witnesses.

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Upon completion of this workshop, participants will:

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• Develop skills to write persuasive and credible medicolegal reports tailored for legal audiences.

• Understand the essential components of the medicolegal process and how to navigate them successfully.

• Demonstrate effective strategies for dealing with attorneys and judges during testimony and cross-examination.

• Enhance courtroom presentation skills required for expert witness testimony.

• Apply practical tools and insights from Prof. Ranavaya’s book 'A Physician’s Guide to Medicolegal Practice' to real-world forensic casework.

 

Program Description:

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This workshop is intended for forensic scientists, personal injury experts, medical malpractice experts, medical examiners, and policy makers engaged in providing legal testimony.

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• Introduction to the medicolegal process: What you must know and do to be successful.

• How to write persuasive medicolegal reports that withstand legal scrutiny.

• Testifying in court: critical skills required for effective live courtroom presentations.

• Practical guidance on dealing with lawyers, judges, and the legal system as a medical expert witness.

• Interactive discussions and case-based participation to reinforce skills.

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About the Presenter:

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Mohammed I. Ranavaya, MD, JD, MS, FRCPI, FFOM, FACLM, MCIME, is a Professor and associate Dean at Marshall University School of Medicine, where he practices as a consultant physician in the specialty of occupational and environmental medicine. He also  serves as Director of the Appalachian Institute of Occupational & Environmental Medicine in West Virginia. Prof Ranavaya is also a qualified lawyer.

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As a practicing consultant physician, he has advised and trained personnel from the US Department of Labor, state and international government agencies, and multinational insurance companies and businesses on injury management, rehabilitation, and return to work issues. He is a sought-after author and editor, having written several textbook chapters and articles on physical medicine, rehabilitation, chronic pain management, disability medicine, medicolegal evaluations, and expert witness testimony. He has served as a section editor and author for both the fifth and sixth editions of the AMA Guides® to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment and is the author of the best-selling book 'A Physician’s Guide to Medicolegal Practice' published by AMA Press.