Activity ID
9373Expires
April 1, 2025Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$0 - $45CME Provider: Massachusetts Medical Society
Description of CME Course
As many as 50,000 people in the U.S. die each year by their own hand. Among those, approximately 75% had seen a physician within a year before their death—45% to 66% within the prior month. This course was developed to increase awareness in evaluating risk for suicide, assessing the patient’s safety, and recommendations for counseling and treatment options. Areas of potential liability, strategies for legal risk management, and disclosure guidelines will also be discussed.
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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
Describe the recommended steps for assessing a patient’s risk for suicide.
Determine how to respond to a patient’s disclosure of suicidal thoughts or other indications of suicide risk in ways that help the patient, help reduce suicide risk, and may increase the odds of the provider prevailing in any future malpractice litigation.
Explain why prevention steps are still effective and important to take even though predicting suicidal behavior is not possible on an individual level.
Restate why it is imperative to thoroughly document key relevant information pertaining to suicide risk assessment and steps taken.
Consider options for clinical treatment planning, including when to refer to specialty care, when to hospitalize, and the preventive value of simply enhancing follow-up contact or communication.
Discern whether disclosure of a patient’s suicide risk to a third party is a violation of confidentiality.
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Rural, Urban, VA/Military
