Journal-based CME Course: When Symptoms Aren’t Visible or Measurable, How Should Disability Be Assessed?

Activity ID

10712

Expires

July 1, 2024

Format Type

Journal-based

CME Credit

Fee

$30

CME Provider: AMA Journal of Ethics

Description of CME Course

Qualitative data can supplement and contextualize quantitative data and can be useful in disability determinations to help clinicians gain fuller understanding of patients’ experiences of chronic illness or disability. This commentary response to a case suggests the importance for patient-centered care of physicians guiding patients’ documentation of their own illness experiences. Specifically, patients writing daily journal briefs about work-related activities and pain can help clinicians offer recommendations, facilitate disability determination processes, and motivate employers’ understandings of reasonable accommodations.

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. Explain a new or unfamiliar viewpoint on a topic of ethical or professional conduct
2. Evaluate the usefulness of this information for health care practice, teaching, or conduct
3. Decide whether and when to apply the new information to health care practice, teaching, or conduct

Keywords

Ethics, Pain Medicine, Geriatrics

Competencies

Medical Knowledge, Professionalism

CME Credit Type

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

DOI

10.1001/amajethics.2021.514