With Certificate recognised by SAIME as professional body recognised by SAQA. This course will be of interest to medico-legal experts working in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but many of the principles involved in the workshop apply more broadly therefore this course will be of value to all individuals working in the medico-legal sphere.

The lectures include:

• What counsel expects in a brain injury medico- legal report;
• An overview of traumatic brain injury;
• The medico-legal assessment of individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury;
• Special considerations in paediatric brain injury;
• and special considerations of mild traumatic brain injury;
• One of the golden thread lectures on analytic scientific reasoning;
• Discuss the diagnostic criteria and have a detailed knowledge of the various somatic behavioural and cognitive complaints which accompany traumatic brain injuries.
• Conduct a thorough evaluation of claims of concussion and be able to diagnose a post concussive syndrome.
• Discuss the recovery profile following a concussion.
• Interpret the commonly encountered neuropsychological tests.
• Apply the knowledge to clinical practice based on the current scientific literature