60 to 90 minutes, single presenter or panel. Materials suitable for accreditation can be provided; accreditation is arranged by the host organization.
Speaking
Continuing education for legal and healthcare audiences.
Dr. Jones presents to bar associations, judicial education programs, law firms, medical staffs, and health systems. He has taught forensic psychiatry to fellows and residents continuously since 2008 and has presented at national and international meetings.
Topics
For legal audiences
01 · Working with an expert
The psychiatric expert in practice
- What a psychiatric IME involves, start to finish
- Reading a psychiatric expert report, and what should make you skeptical
- Forensic psychiatrist or forensic psychologist: which discipline answers which question
- Retention through testimony: what counsel should expect at each stage
02 · Criminal
Competency and criminal responsibility
- What a competency evaluation can and cannot determine
- Criminal responsibility and the limits of retrospective opinion
- Neuroimaging in the courtroom and what the science supports
- Capital mitigation and intellectual disability after Atkins
03 · Civil
Suicide and institutional liability
- Inpatient and post-discharge suicide: how the standard of care is assessed
- Institutional liability in college and university settings
- Documentation that determines the outcome of a malpractice claim
- Boundary violations and professional misconduct
04 · Correctional
Conditions of confinement
- Assessing the adequacy of jail and prison mental health care
- Custodial suicide and deliberate indifference
- Segregation, restrictive housing, and psychiatric deterioration
- Involuntary medication and Sell and Harper in practice
Topics
For healthcare audiences
05 · Licensure and staffing
Fitness for duty and the impaired professional
- When to refer a physician for fitness for duty evaluation
- What medical staff leadership should and should not attempt to assess
- Return to work, monitoring, and reasonable accommodation
- Managing the impaired colleague without creating liability
06 · Regulatory
Compliance, consent decrees, and DOJ review
- Preparing a behavioral health service line for CRIPA or DOJ review
- What monitors look for, and what satisfies them
- Lessons from two state systems under federal settlement agreements
- Sustaining compliance after the monitor leaves
07 · Quality and safety
Risk in behavioral health operations
- Suicide risk assessment as an operational problem, not a form
- Observation levels, restraint, and seclusion: cost, safety, and defensibility
- Sentinel event review and root cause analysis in psychiatry
- Utilization management and medical necessity disputes
08 · Leadership
Behavioral health integration and clinical leadership
- Building an integrated behavioral health program that survives its pilot
- The Collaborative Care Model in practice, including billing and compliance
- Behavioral health joint ventures and partnership structures
- Developing physician executives in behavioral health
Logistics
Formats and arrangements.
Sessions are delivered in person or by video. Topics can be combined, narrowed to a single case, or adapted to a specific jurisdiction.
60 to 90 minutes, oriented to what the bench needs from a psychiatric expert rather than to advocacy.
45 to 60 minutes for medical staff, residency programs, and academic departments.
30 to 60 minutes for conference plenaries and industry programs.
Half day, case-based, for firms or clinical teams working through a specific problem.
Honorarium and travel are discussed at booking. Lead time of several weeks is preferred, though shorter notice is sometimes possible.
Teaching
- Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Associate Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Georgetown University Hospital
- Peer Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Selected publications
- Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry Research Participation
- Post-Atkins Determination of Intellectual Disability in a Death Penalty Case in Oregon
- Mood Disorders and Suicide in the Correctional Population
- Integrating mental health into cancer care: A community oncology imperative
A full list of presentations and publications is available in Dr. Jones's curriculum vitae on request.
Booking
Programs are scheduled several weeks out.
Send the audience, the format, the date under consideration, and the topic you have in mind. A short call is usually enough to confirm fit.