Psych CASC / OSCE · Forensic psychiatry — expert evidence
Explain an expert report boundary to instructing counsel — CASC communication station
MRCPsych/FRANZCP-style CASC: communicate forensic expert role, refuse rubber-stamping and data omission, separate diagnosis from legal conclusions, maintain professionalism under pressure.
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Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the independent psychiatric expert speaking with instructing counsel (examiner role-player).[1][3]
Candidate instructions. Explain your duty to assist the decision-maker. Describe how you assess and write forensic opinions. Refuse omission of material records and refusal of predetermined conclusions. Explain ultimate-issue and certainty limits. Do not invent statute section numbers. Stay professional; check understanding; offer a defensible written report path.[3][4][6]
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- [2]Strasburger LH, Gutheil TG, Brodsky A On wearing two hats: role conflict in serving as both psychotherapist and expert witness Am J Psychiatry, 1997.PMID 9090330
- [3]Appelbaum KL Commentary: the art of forensic report writing J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 2010.PMID 20305073
- [4]Weinstock R Commentary: The forensic report--an inevitable nexus for resolving ethics dilemmas J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 2013.PMID 24051589
- [5]Forrester A Clinical and scientific expert witness bias: Sources and expression Med Sci Law, 2020.PMID 32272871
- [6]Buchanan A Psychiatric evidence on the ultimate issue J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 2006.PMID 16585229
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