Recommended For: Entire Dental Team
Subject: Dental Legal Issues
Educational Objectives:
Gain a clear understanding of the most frequent causes why a malpractice suit is filed.
Gain the knowledge and the tools to practice dentistry in a proactive fashion.
Know how to make the appropriate changes in his professional life, thus reducing the likelihood of being sued.
The lecture will cover a malpractice action addressing the possible causes and its elements, including the standard of care, the standards of proof and reporting provisions. I will emphasize the possibility of related actions which can arise from the original malpractice suit. We will spend time on the vital underpinnings of a malpractice suit, that is, records and the role of experts. We will cover ownership of records, proper record keeping and the importance of proper office forms and consents. I will give a detailed view of how an attorney analyzes the records he obtains for purposes of initiating a law suit and the retention of experts. Throughout the lecture emphasis will be placed on strategies for the practitioner to minimize the chances of finding himself involved in a malpractice suit
Dr. Petra von Heimburg is an extremely rare indivudual: she is both a practicing dentist and a practicing attorney. She understands the business and legal issues that confront dentists today and she works as an attorney and consultant exclusively for dentists. After receiving her DDS degree from Northwestern University in 1980, she founded a general dental practice in the Chicago suburbs which became extremely successful during the 10 year period before she sold it. Thereafter she attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago and received her Juris Doctor degree in 1995. For a period of three years, Dr. von Heimburg served as an attorney with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, specializing in licensing and regulatory matters affecting dentists. More than 10 years ago she started the Barrington Law Office of Dr. Petra von Heimburg, P.C., which is dedicated exclusively to representing dentists.
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