Anatomy for Lawyers - NJICLE

When:  Aug 29, 2012 from 09:00 AM to 04:30 PM (ET)
Anatomy for Lawyers

Presented in cooperation with the Professional Education Group (P.E.G.)®

Special Presentation - One Site Only!

The neck bone's connected to the back bone, and the shoulder bone's connected to the arm bone. You know that much – but to efficiently, elegantly and effectively handle a back or knee injury case (by far the largest category of personal injury, worker's comp and disability claims), or a shoulder injury case (accounting for the most time lost from work), you need enhanced knowledge and skills. Sam Hodge is your most effective guide to achieving them.

Hodge is a successful lawyer-litigator who has benefited from serious medical training. He is also an award-winning professor at Temple University and one of the most popular professional development speakers in the USA. In the last 4 years alone, this entertaining, informative and highly-acclaimed seminar has been presented more than 60 times in 27 states!

Illustrated with vivid photos and detailed video, ANATOMY FOR LAWYERS carefully and thoughtfully covers all of the details you need to know – including the parts of the body most susceptible to injury (and how those injuries most often occur). You'll discover how diagnoses are made, and learn the practical details of medical tests and surgical procedures from the unique perspective of a very successful lawyer.

Topics will include:

Overview of Human Anatomy
Key terms for understanding medical reports
Difference between ligaments, tendons and muscles, as well as other key body parts such as joints, and the central and peripheral nervous systems.

The Back
Parts of the spine
Why the spine has four curves
Different parts of the vertebrae, discs and spinal cord
Which parts are more prone to injury
Spinal cord and nerve roots
Back injuries
Spinal surgery—laminectomy, discectomy, fusion and foraminotomy

Diagnostic Tests for Back Injuries
Why physicians order X-rays, CT scans and MRIs and the differences between the tests

The Upper Extremity
The Shoulder
Elbow problems
Hand problems

The Knee and Hip
What bones and soft tissues make up the lower extremity
Differences between the ligaments
Types of knee and hip surgery, repair& replacement
How trauma happens
Diagnostic tests
Capitalizing on diagnostic images

 
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 7.4 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 7.4 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in civil trial law and criminal trial law.

Speaker: Samuel Hodge

Location

New Jersey Law Center
One Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ