Enduring CME Course: Ethics Talk: Whose Faces Does Facial Feminization Surgery Consider “Feminine?”

Activity ID

10965

Expires

June 1, 2026

Format Type

Enduring

CME Credit

0.5

Fee

$30

CME Provider: AMA Journal of Ethics

Description of CME Course

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about facial feminization surgery and how clinicians can best support patient decisions around gender-affirming care. The featured guest is Eric Plemons, PhD, MA, a medical anthropologist and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, where he is also the director of the Medical Anthropology Concentration and Certificate Programs and the co-chair of the University of Arizona Transgender Studies Research Cluster. The target audience for this activity includes clinicians of all specialties as well as other health care professionals. This interview was recorded on February 2, 2023.

Disclaimers

1. This activity is accredited by the American Medical Association.
2. This activity is free to AMA members.

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General Information on CME Activity

Educational Objectives

1. Identify key ethical values or principles at stake, as described in the program
2. Distinguish among factors of ethical, clinical, legal, social, and cultural significance
3. Articulate how central themes of clinical and ethical relevance in the program can influence health care practice
4. Explain at least one way in which micro-level clinical ethics questions intersect with broader macro-level policy questions in health care

Keywords

Ethics, Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment, LGBTQIA Medicine

Competencies

Medical Knowledge, Professionalism

CME Credit Type

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

DOI

10.1001/ama.2022.0001727