An Interactive Seminar on Writing Letters of Instruction
Presented by: Wes Lerch & Tegan Bryant
Join our upcoming medico-legal seminar and earn 2 CPD points while enhancing your professional knowledge and skills!
Overview:
A well-crafted letter of instruction (LOI) is essential to obtaining a clear, relevant, and admissible medico-legal opinion. In this practical seminar, we explore how to move beyond generic templates to draft LOIs that provide real guidance to experts.
Building on Seminar 1 (Choosing Wisely: Are Your Medico-Legal Experts Helping or Hurting Your Case?), this session advances our medico-legal case study using the same complex and multifaceted hypothetical claimant. With the appropriate expert now selected, we shift our focus to drafting a clear and effective letter of instruction that provides the expert with the information they need to deliver a well-informed and comprehensive opinion.
Using our ongoing hypothetical case study, participants will actively engage with the process of drafting a tailored LOI, applying principles learned in real time.
Seminar Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will:
- Identify the essential components of a comprehensive and effective letter of instruction.
- Apply best practices for structuring and drafting an LOI that is clear, concise, and relevant.
- Recognise and avoid common errors and sources of ambiguity in LOIs.
- Practically apply knowledge by drafting an LOI based on a complex case study from Seminar 1.
- Improve communication with experts to support high-quality, well-reasoned medicolegal reports.
Session Length:
120 minutes.
Note: Attendance at Seminar 1 is not required for Seminar 2, which is designed to stand alone and is open to all professionals.