IME Discovery Session
Building a Sustainable Medicolegal Practice [Half-Day Workshop]
Friday 20 March 2026 | 9.00am – 1.00pm
The Commons, Level 1, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne
There is no shortage of information about medicolegal psychiatry. What is genuinely hard to find is a practical, honest account of how to actually build a practice doing it.
This four-hour working session gets into the mechanics. You'll examine de-identified case materials, work through what legal teams genuinely need from psychiatric reports, and develop concrete strategies for the professional and personal demands of this work. The session is deliberately small — 25 participants — so there is room for real discussion and direct questions.
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Friday 20 March 2026 | 9.00am – 1.00pm
The Commons, Level 1,
55 Collins Street, Melbourne
25 places available
Morning tea and refreshments on arrival included.
$495 + GST EARLY BIRD RATE
[available until 1.00pm Saturday 21 February]
$695 + GST STANDARD REGISTRATION
What you'll work through
Training and accreditation — without the noise
Which accreditation bodies matter for which types of cases, and how to structure your professional development efficiently rather than accumulating credentials for their own sake.
Reading reports the way lawyers do
You'll work directly with de-identified reports to understand the gap between what psychiatric assessors typically write and what legal teams actually need. The focus is on providing decisive opinions — not qualified hedging — and understanding why that difference matters in court.
Practice models compared
Agency work versus independent practice, examined across referral consistency, administrative burden, and fee control. A practical comparison, not a promotional one.
Tools you can use immediately
Templates, checklists, and systems for streamlining your assessment process. Strategies for managing the long-term professional exposure that comes with sustained trauma-focused work.
Who this is for
Psychiatrists who are thinking seriously about medicolegal work and want a clear picture of what it involves before they commit. Practitioners who are already taking the odd referral and want to formalise their approach. Anyone preparing to pursue accreditation pathways and wanting to understand which ones actually matter for their intended case types. Those who would rather ask difficult questions in a small room than learn the hard way in practice.
What you'll take away
A clear action plan for accreditation steps relevant to your intended case types
Templates for report structure and opinion formulation
Practical strategies for managing the emotional demands of trauma-focused work
Guidance on fee structures and building referral relationships with legal teams
Realistic expectations about what the first 12 months actually look like
A worked understanding of how medicolegal assessment differs from clinical practice — through actual case scenarios, not theory
About Dr Helen Schultz
Dr Helen Schultz is a consultant psychiatrist who works exclusively in medicolegal assessment and reporting. Her practice covers historical abuse cases, personal injury claims, workers’ compensation matters, and professional misconduct proceedings. She also delivers education for legal professionals and psychiatrists entering this field.
The IME Discovery Session is built around the questions she wished someone had answered clearly before she started.
REGISTER NOW
Friday 20 March 2026 | 9.00am – 1.00pm
The Commons, Level 1, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne
25 places available
Morning tea and refreshments on arrival included.
$495 + GST EARLY BIRD RATE
[available until 11.59pm Saturday 21 February]
$695 + GST STANDARD REGISTRATION