The independent medical examination
An independent medical examination provides the clinical encounter from which an expert can assess diagnosis, current symptoms, function and prognosis. The instruction should identify the history, records and questions to be addressed.
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What this report is for
An independent medical examination provides the clinical encounter from which an expert can assess diagnosis, current symptoms, function and prognosis. The instruction should identify the history, records and questions to be addressed.
The precise remit, documents and assumptions should be settled in the letter of instruction. An expert’s opinion is confined to their own discipline and the material provided.
Instruction requirements
A focused route to usable evidence
The eventual report must distinguish findings from the examination, information provided by others and any limits on the opinion.
Defined questions
Identify the issues the report is asked to address.
Relevant records
Provide the material needed to form a properly bounded opinion.
Transparent assumptions
Separate facts assumed for the purpose of the report from clinical findings.
Independent opinion
The expert’s duty and the applicable procedural rules remain central.
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condition and prognosis reports and records review reports may be relevant before, alongside or after this report, depending on the issue and stage of the matter.
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