Activity

Activity ID

10290

Expires

November 3, 2025

Format Type

Enduring

CME Credit

0.25

Fee

$30

CME Provider: American Medical Association

Description of CME Course

Understanding the history behind a patient’s lack of trust in a care plan will help you approach and communicate with patients more effectively. This module explores the distinctions between medical distrust and mistrust and how the history of medical experimentation and substandard care provided to people from racial and ethnic minority groups is at the root of mistrust and distrust in these communities.

Disclaimers

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

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Educational Objectives

1. Define and differentiate between trustworthiness, medical distrust, and medical mistrust
2. Explain how historical and contemporary instances of medical experimentation and research on people from racial and ethnic minority groups contribute to medical distrust and medical mistrust
3. Implement strategies to understand and address medical distrust and medical mistrust among patient communities and strive for trustworthiness

Keywords

Health Disparities, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Competencies

Medical Knowledge

CME Credit Type

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

DOI

10.1001/ama.2021.0002145

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