Rehabilitation cost consultants improving there writing techniques
An useful article I discovered in August 2008’s copy of OTC was about a talk provided by Elizabeth Waterman from Jacqueline Webb and Company Rehabilitation cost consultant’s, about an introduction to different ways of working outside of the Statutory sector. Helpful tips for improving report-writing skills, which are essential to practicing in the medico-legal field as a care expert, were looked at.
The company essentially gives a facility to solicitors and insurers and provides the assessment skills of its therapists to assess individuals who have been injured through no fault of their own and are looking for compensation. By taking into account the future care requirements of the individual the company is able to provide a whole assessment of a client from the perspective of the care involved past and future, including care requirements, transport, equipment, and housing needs.
The session set out the position of a consultant and explained very clearly what was needed of them in different stages of the process from assessment of the claimant to attendance at court as an expert witness.
The people that were at the talk were encouraged to reassess their report writing skills and seek out opportunities to refine and practice them to develop a good written style making the intensely detailed reports not only factually correct but interesting to read as well. The main points flagged up by the talk were logical presentation, use of language, structuring of the report and professional approach. An A-Z of report writing, written specifically for the conference, can be downloaded from: Jacqueline Webb and Company Downloads along with other useful topics about the consultancy role.