Medico-Legal Masterclasses - 7 sessions

08Sep

Masterclasses - All

Location Online Webinar
CPD One CPD point per hour of training subject to peer approval
Masterclasses All - Consultant Fee£375.00
Masterclasses All - SAS/Higher Trainee/Retired/Sub Fee£280.00
Masterclasses All - Core Trainee/FY/Medical Student Fee£185.00
Masterclasses All - Non Member Fee£500.00
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Medico-Legal Masterclasses - 7 sessions

Event Information

Medico-Legal Masterclasses – led by the South Eastern Division

7 Masterclasses – themes include:

Masterclass 1 – Medico-legal issues in liaison psychiatry (8 September 2022 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm)
  • A&E
  • ECT
  • Detention under MHA/DOLS
  • Tx under MHA/MCA
Masterclass 2 – Doing a good Mental Health Act assessment (6 October 2022 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm)
  • S135 S136
  • Section 2 or Section 3
  • Place of Safety, including Tx
  • Other holding powers (S. 5 MHA)
Masterclass 3 – Medico-legal issues in CAMHS (10/11/2022 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm)
  • Initial detention
  • Treatment
  • PR Agreement to admission & treatment
  • CETR
  • Tx in the community
  • Children Act
  • Court of Protection
  • Gillick competence
  • Q&A
Masterclass 4 – CTO vs extended s.17: which to use? (02/02/2023 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm)
  • 2 Psychiatrists on a medical perspective
  • Treatment and is it effective
  • CTOs and DOLS
  • Guardianship Orders
  • Tx on supervised discharge
Masterclass 5 – Working as a medico-legal expert (09/03/2023 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm)
  • What is an expert witness?
  • What sorts of cases do experts get involved in?
  • What are the rules governing expert practice?
  • How do you get started?
  • Getting instructed
  • Collecting and analysing the evidence
  • Writing a report
  • Answering questions
  • Expert joint statements
  • Appearing in Court
  • Business matters
  • CPD and appraisal
  • Useful resources
Masterclass 6 – Tribunal reports and hearings (20/04/2023 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm)
  • FTTMH procedures and rules
  • Written evidence
  • Oral evidence
  • Legal Arguments
Masterclass 7 – Capacity assessments: exactly how, when, and by whom should they be done? (08/06/2023 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm)
  • Capacity assessments
  • Capacity (insight) and the MHA assessment
  • Capacity and treatment
  • Capacity and FTTMH

Masterclasses can be booked individually and all events will be recorded. For more information, please contact Michael Jamieson.

Georga Godwin – MHA Solicitor/Barrister

Dr Hugh Series – LLP and Consultant Psychiatrist

Judge Theresa Munby

Dr Jessica Harris – Liaison Psychiatrist

Dr Iyer Anupama – CAMHS Psychiatrist

2 Consultant Specialists – TBC

AMHP – TBC

This webinar will be via Zoom.

Please ensure that your system allows you to use Zoom when booking the event.

A joining link will be sent approximately 1 week before the event.

All Masterclasses will be recorded and delegates will have individual access to the recording.

Please kindly note, all sessions will be recorded and the recording made available within two weeks of the event.

We would encourage those who register to attend on the day of the event, should they wish to ask questions to our speakers.

All recordings are sent out to delegates via email to the email address used at the time of registering. If you are unsure whether your email address is up to date, please update this via your membership account. 

If, at the time of registering, one or more of the masterclasses have passed and you would like access to the recordings, please email division.events@rcpsych.ac.uk and a member of staff will be able to provide you with this.

For further information, please contact:

Email: michael.jamieson@rcpsych.ac.uk

Contact Name: Michael Jamieson

Event Location

Location: Online Webinar

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