Malpractice for Dummies: Getting Sued and Surviving to Talk About It

How can practitioners reduce their risk of a malpractice suit? Why do physicians get sued? How can a physician best answer questions brought up in a lawsuit? This presentation will answer those questions, and discuss the history of malpractice law, review the basic anatomy of a malpractice lawsuit, and explain malpractice insurance. Attendees will learn how to cope with a lawsuit, and prepare in the event that they are sued.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the history of malpractice law
  • Explain malpractice insurance
  • Review the basic anatomy of a malpractice lawsuit
  • Identify why physicians get sued
  • Describe how to reduce risk from malpractice lawsuit
  • Describe how to prepare for malpractice case
  • State how to cope with a malpractice lawsuit
  • Review how to answer the questions in a lawsuit

Additional Information

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PDF icon Slides and Disclosures11.67 MB
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAFP
  • 1.00 AANP
  • 1.00 ACCME (All Other)
  • 1.00 ACCME (MD/DO Only)
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 APA
Course opens: 
06/01/2021
Course expires: 
06/01/2022
Part of: 
Interventional Pain Management Track
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Sean Li, MD

Regional Medical Director and Partner
Premier Pain Centers, LLC
Lincroft, New Jersey

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAFP
  • 1.00 AANP
  • 1.00 ACCME (All Other)
  • 1.00 ACCME (MD/DO Only)
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 APA
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