The South African Medico Legal Society

The South African Medico-Legal Society (SAMLS) will be hosting a seminar on Saturday, 31 July 2010 at the Rooth & Wessels Building, 225 Veale Street, Brooklyn, Pretoria.

The guest speakers at the seminar will be :

• Prof Pieter Carstens of the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. His topic will be “A Historical Perspective on Medical Negligence.”

• Prof Corrie Schumann on the significance of Latin in Medical Terminology.

• Dr Herman Edeling (neurosurgeon) on “The new RAF 4 Serious Injury Assessment Report - When and how to be completed by experts. Also issues with respect to the new RAF 1 Third Party Claim Form and Medical Report”.

The purpose of the discussion by Dr Edeling is to canvas several uncertainties which have arisen in relation to the handling of RAF claims in terms of the new legislation.

The topics to be discussed by Prof Carstens and Prof Schumann will be of great interest to both medical practitioners and legal practitioners and will contribute to a better perspective and understanding of the evolution of medical negligence and the origin and descriptive meaning of certain medical terminology.

A more detailed program of the Seminar will follow.

Cost: R400.00 for non-members of the SAMLS, payable before or at registration. Fees can be paid directly into the bank account of the SAMLS, Nedbank, Cresta, Randburg (branch code : 191-305), account number : 1913301036. Paid-up members of the SAMLS enjoy free access to this Seminar.

Delegates qualify for CPD points for attending the seminar.

Full membership fees are R450.00 per annum for 2010.

Full time academic membership : R150.00

Students : R50.00.

RSVP before 23 July 2010 to Ms Beverly Victor at webmaster@samls.co.za tel no (011) 883 9635 or Mrs. Ronell Van Vuuren at ronellvv@roothwessels.co.za or telefax 086 613 7287, tel no (012) 452-4036.