Legal Aspects in Medical Practice: An Introductory Course

This workshop highlights and creates awareness for some of the legal issues faced by practicing physicians in medical practice by adopting an interactive methodology.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the workshop, you will learn about:

• Death Certification
• Autopsy
• Medicolegal Investigation of Death
• Doctor in Court and Medical Evidence in Courtroom
• Interpretation of Injuries
• Medical Record Keeping & Medical Report Writing

Target Audience

• Clinicians

Dates

• 26 October 2022

Time

9.00am to 5.00pm (1 day)

Course Fees

35 pax

Venue

Academia, 20 College Road, Singapore 169856 

Organiser

SingHealth Academy & Singapore General Hospital

About the trainer

A/Prof Lai Siang Hui, MBBS, DMJ(Path), FRCPath

Dr Lai Siang Hui
MBBS, DMJ(Path), FRCPath
Senior Consultant, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Singapore General Hospital
Director, SingHealth Tissue Repository, SingHealth
Director, Advanced Molecular Pathology Laboratory, SingHealth
Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

A/Prof Lai is a trained forensic pathologist and previously a Consultant at Health Sciences
Authority. He was Head (Training and Education) at the time of his departure in 2007. Since then,
he has returned to general hospital pathology practice. His interests lie in autopsy pathology,
cardiac pathology and neuropathology. A/Prof Lai is currently heavily involved in both
undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

Registration Details

NOTE: Please inform and attain approval from your supervisor and respective institution HRs before sending in your registration.

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Successful registrants will be notified via email with information on payment details.

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