Program Description: This seminar is designed to teach occupational medicine practitioners, residents, and select doctorally-trained OEHS professionals regarding admissibility of scientific evidence, pertinent aspects of the Federal Rules of Evidence, qualifications to provide testimony, legal aspects of the determination of work-relatedness, principles of evidence, differences between jurisdictions, Daubert, Frye and similar US Supreme Court cases and standards and the integration of principles of epidemiology into the determination of work-relatedness.
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024
Location: Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Auditorium
250 East 200 South, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Speakers and Credentials:
Kurt T. Hegmann, MD, MPH - Professor and Center Director, University of Utah/Weber State University, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Erika Pliner, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Utah
Donald C. Sinclair, JD - Attorney at Law, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Agenda:
8:30 am | Overview | Hegmann/Sinclair
8:40 am | Legal Principles: Admissibility of Evidence | Sinclair
9:30 am | Methods to Determine Work-Relatedness | Sinclair
10:30 am | Break
10:45 am | Evidence of Disease | Hegmann
11:15 am | Epidemiology in the Courtroom | Hegmann/Sinclair
12:00 pm | Lunch
12:30 pm | Evidence of Individual Exposure | Pliner
1:30 pm | Consideration of Other Relevant Factors | Hegmann
2:30 pm | Validity of Testimony | Sinclair
3:30 pm | Break
3:45 pm | Report Conclusions | Class Discussion, Hegmann, Sinclair, Pliner
4:00 pm | Panel Discussion | Hegmann, Sinclair, Pliner
4:30 pm | Adjourn
Live activities are available for 30 days
CE Origination Date: September 27, 2024
CE Expiration Date: October 27, 2024
Accreditation Statements: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of (7) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, and presenters/moderators wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies with the exception of Dr. Kurt T. Hegmann, MD, MPH and he wishes to disclose that he is the Editor-in-Chief with American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. All relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Mitigation Steps for Planner:
- Peer review of planning decisions by persons without relevant financial relationships
- Mitigation steps for presenter and others (choose at least one)
- Peer review of content by persons without relevant financial relationships
- Attest those clinical recommendations are evidence-based and free of commercial bias (e.g., peer-reviewed literature or adhering to evidence-based practice guidelines)
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from any ineligible company for this continuing education activity.
Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE): To receive continuing education (CE) for Medical Expert Witness Testimony – Principles and Practice (In-person & virtual) (IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL)-WC4904 please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using [WC4904] Follow the steps below by October 27, 2024
1. Register for and complete the course.
2. Pass the post-assessment at 75%.
3. Complete the evaluation.
4. Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.
The registration code will be provided during the live session.
Breaks and Lunch are not included in CE calculations.
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