1) Understand the role of an expert witness in malpractice lawsuits and ethical issues to consider to become a more effective and valuable expert witness.
Expert witnesses play essential roles in malpractice lawsuits. Radiologists considering becoming expert witnesses need to clearly understand that their duty is to provide honest opinions on technical issues to educate members of the jury so that they can render a more accurate verdict, rather than being advocates for the party that engaged them.
Eisenberg, R,
Expert Witness Testimony: Issues of Ethics, Equality, Qualifications etc for Being an Expert Witness. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14002193.html
