Course Details

The aim of this module is to assist practitioners to become acquainted with the principles of causation and provide a introduction into the process of medico-legal litigation, as it relates to car crashes. This helps to provide an understanding of risk and its source.

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    Engaging the Elderly

    • ECU Lockdown Series: Causation and the Law in Injuries from Car Crashes [CPD 1hr/pt]

    • Assessment - ECU Lockdown Series: Causation and the Law in Injuries from Car Crashes [CPD 1hr/pt]

Course Learning Outcomes

On completion of the module, you will be able to:

1) To understand the principle of causation.

2) To gain an insight into the process of medico-legal litigation.

3) To understand what risk is and where it comes from.

4) To study the application of these principles to a car crash case..



CPD Hours/Points = 1

Instructor

Medical Doctor

Michael Freeman

Prof. Dr. Michael Freeman is a tenured professor of forensic medicine and epidemiology at Maastricht University Medical Center and an affiliate professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. He serves as an Affiliate Medical Examiner with the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office in Pittsburgh, PA, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Dr. Freeman is currently a Fulbright Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, in the area of forensic medicine. Dr. Michael Freeman practices in the field of forensic medicine (the intersection of medicine and law) generally, and specifically in forensic epidemiology (the application of epidemiologic data and methods to medicolegal investigation of causation). He has provided expert testimony more than 1,200 times in a wide variety of civil cases, including injury and death litigation, automotive and other product liability, toxic tort litigation, life expectancy, and medical negligence cases, as well as in homicide and other criminal matters. Dr. Freeman has published more than 200 scientific papers, books, and book chapters, primarily focusing on issues relating to forensic applications of epidemiology and general and specific causation. He has published research on the topics of traffic crash-related injury and death, injury biomechanics and injury causation, genocide, cancer epidemiology, chronic pain mechanisms, and adult autologous stem cell therapy, among others. Dr. Freeman is the co-editor and co-author of the authoritative text on forensic applications of epidemiology; Forensic Epidemiology: Principles and Practice, published in 2016. Dr. Freeman holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Umeå University in Sweden, a Ph.D. and MPH degrees in epidemiology from Oregon State University, a Doctor of Chiropractic from the University of Western States, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon. He holds a diploma in legal medicine from the Royal College of Medicine in the United Kingdom and has completed a 2-year fellowship in forensic pathology through Umeå University and the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner.

Medical Doctor

Michael Freeman

Prof. Dr. Michael Freeman is a tenured professor of forensic medicine and epidemiology at Maastricht University Medical Center and an affiliate professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. He serves as an Affiliate Medical Examiner with the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office in Pittsburgh, PA, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Dr. Freeman is currently a Fulbright Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, in the area of forensic medicine. Dr. Michael Freeman practices in the field of forensic medicine (the intersection of medicine and law) generally, and specifically in forensic epidemiology (the application of epidemiologic data and methods to medicolegal investigation of causation). He has provided expert testimony more than 1,200 times in a wide variety of civil cases, including injury and death litigation, automotive and other product liability, toxic tort litigation, life expectancy, and medical negligence cases, as well as in homicide and other criminal matters. Dr. Freeman has published more than 200 scientific papers, books, and book chapters, primarily focusing on issues relating to forensic applications of epidemiology and general and specific causation. He has published research on the topics of traffic crash-related injury and death, injury biomechanics and injury causation, genocide, cancer epidemiology, chronic pain mechanisms, and adult autologous stem cell therapy, among others. Dr. Freeman is the co-editor and co-author of the authoritative text on forensic applications of epidemiology; Forensic Epidemiology: Principles and Practice, published in 2016. Dr. Freeman holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Umeå University in Sweden, a Ph.D. and MPH degrees in epidemiology from Oregon State University, a Doctor of Chiropractic from the University of Western States, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon. He holds a diploma in legal medicine from the Royal College of Medicine in the United Kingdom and has completed a 2-year fellowship in forensic pathology through Umeå University and the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner.