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Orthopaedics
Tips and Timesavers in Medicolegal Reporting
Built from Pillemer — Physical Signs in Orthopaedics and Neurology
What’s inside
9 sections · 42 slides
What a medicolegal report is
- The task in plain terms
- This chapter's promise
- Leave enough time
Dealing with the paperwork
- The paperwork problem
- What the assistant tags and lists
- Why contemporaneous reports matter
Preparation of the file
- Preparation is the whole game
- Three things to be clear about before the visit
The consultation
- The core rule: confirm, don't elicit
- Confirm, don't elicit — worked examples
- Put the anxious patient at ease
- More ways to relax the patient
- Let the partner help with dates
- Investigations and the closing question
The 'golden rule'
- Dictate immediately — if you take one thing, take this
- Why delay costs you double
- The payoff of being up to date
The report and macros
- Writing the report
- Macros — coded shortcuts for repeated text
Biased reporting
- We are all biased
- Detecting and preventing your own bias
Tables and laminates
- The five laminated tables he never leaves home without
- Range of motion impairment table — upper limb
- Range of movement worksheet — upper and lower limb
- Index of AMA4 and AMA5 reference pages
- Converting digit impairment to whole-person impairment
- Combined values table
- Laminated quick-reference grid
Takeaways
- Key takeaways
- What is the author's single most important tip — the 'golden rule'?
- References
- Physical Signs in Orthopedic and Neurologic Disorders: A Practical Guide