Medical Expert Witness Training

Expert witness work can be genuinely rewarding and well paid, but it requires a very different skillset to day-to-day clinical practice. Most clinicians are never formally taught how to write a robust medico-legal report, handle a conference with counsel, contribute in a meeting of experts, or give clear evidence under pressure. Medset, in partnership with Inspire Medilaw, offers training designed to make you instruction-ready for expert witness work.

The course teaches you how to structure and write defensible reports, explain your reasoning clearly, work effectively with solicitors and counsel, and feel confident if your opinion is challenged. You'll learn what's expected of you as an expert witness, the legal rules you need to understand, how to manage conferences with counsel and meetings of experts, deal with difficult opponents, and give evidence in court while handling cross-examination.

Medset offers two training formats to suit how you prefer to learn. The online course is self-paced and flexible, ideal for learning around clinical work, with four interactive modules covering expert witness report writing, meetings of experts, conferences with counsel, and giving evidence in court. The flagship 2-day live course is held in Oxford and offers intensive in-person teaching with practical application, discussion, and confidence-building with expert tutors including Dr Simon Fox KC, Dr Tom Boyd, Paul Sankey (clinical negligence solicitor), and Isabel Bathurst.

For those seeking formal certification, you can combine either course option with a final assessment at the University of Strathclyde. This structured pathway includes attending the 2-day course, completing the four online modules with a guided report-writing exercise and personalised feedback from an experienced solicitor, then a final assessment comprising an MCQ and simulated cross-examination. Successful completion leads to an accredited Expert Witness Certificate from Strathclyde.