Apr
30
10 Things: Testimony
April 30, 2012 | 4 Comments
Since the webinar I’ve had many questions about some of my go-to resources and general tips about testifying. So here are some of the things I think are important about testimony. But keep in mind, these are just *my* 10–I know that many FHO readers have plenty of experience with testimony, so please add your [...]
Apr
12
Ethical & Effective Testimony Webinar Recording
April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment
We presented the Ethical and Effective Testimony webinar the other morning at 3am, Korea time day; it’s now archived on the SAFEta site. The handouts are also available. Stay tuned–the next FHO clinical guide will be one on court testimony.
Mar
5
Ethical and Effective Testimony
March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I will be doing a webinar on Ethical and Effective Testimony (along with AEQ Director, Jennifer Long) for SAFEta Source. The session will be held April 10th from 2-3:30pm ET and is free. You can register here. This is one of my all time favorite topics to discuss, so hopefully we’ll be seeing many of [...]
Jul
13
10 Things: The FHO Expert Witness Bill of Rights
July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I am consulting on a couple cases right now, so testimony is on my mind. Today I am going to post my Expert Witness’ Bill of Rights. By all means, please do add to this if you come up with any I have missed. Also remember, this is opinion and opinion only. Just because I [...]
Jun
30
Nurse Expert Witness: The Basics and Beyond
June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Oh, I do love a good expert witness webinar. And IAFN and AALNC are offering a joint one Auguts 17th at 3pm ET, The Nurse Expert Witness: The Basics and Beyond (plus they’re offering CEUs). Registration’s not yet open for this event, but it’s worth getting on your calendar, and I will update the page [...]
Jun
29
Child Fatalities
June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I have a lot of respected friends and colleagues who care for pediatric abusive head trauma and sexual abuse patients. And I have a lot of respected friends and colleagues who prosecute these cases. So I will be interested in feedback about this particular Frontline program (it debuted last night on PBS) that looks at child [...]
Jan
31
Performance Evaluation + a Cool Webinar for our Attorney Friends
January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Okay, gang, commence with the collective eye rolling: time once again for an evaluation offering. I know, I know–not the most popular of subjects on this site. And yet, I still force feed you them. Why? One, because I’m a giant nerd, and I think evaluation is cool and super interesting; and two, you can’t [...]
Sep
21
Clinical Guide: Consensual Sex Injury
September 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
As part of the process of writing a book chapter on injuries obtained during consensual sexual intercourse, I put together a grid of the research that looks at this issue. I figured I’d go ahead and post it after some lengthy conversation today during a 2 hour Q&A session with Army defense counsel. Understanding what [...]
Sep
9
Suggestability
September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
First off, a thank you to everyone on the testimony webinar yesterday. What a fantastic turnout! And some really great questions, as well. Over at NCPTC, they have a webinar next week on suggestability. It will take place September 16th at 3pm CT, and cost is $10. I’m not a peds person, but I looked [...]
Aug
26
Physician Expert Testimony
August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Medscape has an interesting CME case study on physician expert testimony. And when I say interesting, I mean that it touches on a couple issues (albeit briefly) that are relevant to anyone providing this service, physician or nurse. Specifically, it touches on the notion that expert testimony should be subject to peer review, and that [...]
