Activity ID
2365Expires
June 28, 2025Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$0-$50CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Ethical codes often reach beyond the legal requirements of informed consent and typically have no tolerance for misrepresentations of educational background, certification status and professional experience. This monograph reviews the legal and medical ethical implications of disclosing the surgical outcome data of an individual surgeon during the informed consent process.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Ophthalmology
Plastic Surgery
Radiology
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Apply the autonomy ethical principle discussed to individually evaluate each informed consent process' factual situation, and find a balance between disclosing too much and too little information while still being responsive to the patient's concerns.
Keywords
Medical Ethics, Informed Consent, Ethics, Legal, Surgery Data, Outcome Statistics, Autonomy
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
National Quality Strategies and/or Quadruple Aim Care Processes
Physician-Patient Relationship, Medical Ethics
