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Ethics Talk: Improvising Health Care

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on humor in health care. The podcast is an interview with The Second City’s Kelly Leonard and covers the relationship of…

Ethics Talk: Antiracism, Health Equity, and a Post-COVID Future

In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Ibram Kendi about the impact of racist policies on historically-discriminated-against groups and what it means to be an antiracist.

Ethics Talk: Portraiture in Clinical Contexts

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics article. The target audience for this activity includes, but isn’t limited to, internists, obstetricians, gynecologists, gastroenterologists, family physicians, surgeons, pediatricians, oncologists, psychiatrists,…

Ethics Talk: How to Share Decision Making With People Experiencing Mental Illness

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast. The target audience for this activity includes, but isn’t limited to, internists, obstetricians, gynecologists, gastroenterologists, family physicians, surgeons, pediatricians, oncologists, psychiatrists,…

Ethics Talk: COVID-19 Pandemic Response

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast. The target audience for this activity includes, but isn’t limited to, internists, obstetricians, gynecologists, gastroenterologists, family physicians, surgeons, pediatricians, oncologists, psychiatrists,…

Ethics Talk: How to Change Organizational Culture

What should clinicians do to change organizational cultures that negatively influence care they can deliver to patients? This month on Ethics Talk, Tara Montgomery and Dr Zackary Berger discuss how to identify and respond to health care organizational cultural influences…

Ethics Talk: How Can Decision Science Help Navigate Complex Health Decisions?

Decision making in health care demands that we balance multiple considerations, like quality of life, statistics, and how different options could affect others. Dr Brian Zikmund-Fisher shares his own experience as a patient and explains how decision science can help…