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Drexel offers mini medical school for lawyers

Physician Practice Advisor, May 24, 2006

Drexel University in Philadelphia is offering a new "mini medical school" designed to help trial attorneys evaluate potential malpractice claims and defenses by teaching them about their clients' conditions, United Press International reports.

"This is truly a unique program because we have doctors teaching medicine to medical malpractice attorneys, both plaintiff and defendant," Carl Oxholm III, senior vice president of the College of Law, said in the article. "We think that lawyers who are educated about the practice of medicine, in areas where they regularly represent clients, will be better able to serve those clients."

One-day sessions will cover the physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of medical conditions frequently encountered by trial attorneys.

Click here to access the United Press International article.

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