ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity

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…

Ethics Talk: Ebola Responses in Colonial Context

Good epidemic responses require cross-disciplinary collaboration. Dr David Heymann talks about serving in an Ebola containment campaign and Dr Christy Rentmeester explains what clinicians should know about colonialism to promote health equity.

Ethics Talk: How Do We Prepare for Human Gene Editing?

How should we prepare for rapid advancement of gene editing technology? This month on Ethics Talk, Dr Sean C. McConnell provides an introduction to gene editing and CRISPR technology and Scott J. Schweikart discusses what prudent governance requires.

Ethics Talk: Quality of Life Assessments in Reconstructive Transplantation

In reconstructive transplantation, quality of life assessments incorporate many variables. Dr Katrina Bramstedt and Dr Ana Iltis discuss the development of QoL assessment tools to help patient-subjects considering reconstructive transplantation.

Ethics Talk: Providing Compassionate Care for Transmen

In this episode, transgender advocate and author Ryan Sallans discusses his experience accessing health care as a transman and offers a guide for caring well for anyone with a cervix.