Activity ID
3166Expires
February 9, 2027Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1.0Fee
$150CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
After an adverse event, patients look to their physician for empathy and an understanding of what happened. Physicians may defer this difficult conversation for fear of exposing themselves to a lawsuit. Indeed, legal advice in the past often supported a “deny and defend” stance. State apology laws were enacted to protect and promote statements of sympathy, but many do not protect statements of fault or explanations of the event, so physicians must be familiar with the details of their own state law. This monograph seeks to provide the physician with the communication skills and resources to carry out this conversation.
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Educational Objectives
Describe Louisiana “I’m Sorry” legislation.
Explain the benefits and limitations of state apology laws.
Carry out an empathetic conversation with a patient/family after an adverse medical event.
Notify the necessary institutional parties of the adverse event.
Keywords
Adverse events, State apology laws, Medical malpractice
Competencies
Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban
