Activity ID
10643Expires
December 19, 2025Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
0.5Fee
$30CME Provider: American Medical Association
Description of CME Course
Decision-making when the patient is a minor is often fundamentally different than when the patient is an adult. This e-learning CME module explores that distinction in order to help physicians learn how to approach these cases effectively. Topics include recognizing how decision-making in these cases differ from those involving adult patients and what nonclinical factors to consider when assessing best interest.
Disclaimers
1. This activity is accredited by the American Medical Association.
2. This activity is free to AMA members.
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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
1. Recognize key features that distinguish decisions that involve pediatric patients from decisions by or for adult patients
2. Describe key factors to consider when assessing what is in the pediatric patient's best interest
3. Apply best practices in order to make ethically sound decisions in situations involving pediatric patients
Keywords
Pediatrics, Ethics, Adolescent Medicine
Competencies
Medical Knowledge, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
DOI
10.1001/ama.2019.0671
