Physician Scientists

Future Health: Best Practices for Advancing Care – 2025

This conference (recorded on March 19, 2025) explores how AI and digital health can transform patient care, improve engagement, and enhance clinical decision-making. Learn leadership skills, strategies for care delivery, and methods to optimize EHR and health IT to reduce…

Future Health: Best Practices for Advancing Care – 2024

The Future Health: Best Practices for Advancing Care conference, (recorded on March 22, 2024), presented by the Massachusetts Medical Society and supported by the New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM Catalyst and NEJM AI, focused on the nexus of climate…

Managing Physician-Patient Relationships

This course explores how physicians can navigate interactions with patients who express frustration, anger, or anxiety due to stress or discomfort. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining a healthy therapeutic relationship, utilizing communication techniques to diffuse tension, set clear expectations…

Navigating Mental Health in Primary Care

This course provides primary care providers with essential knowledge on how to identify, assess, and manage mental health conditions commonly encountered in the primary care setting. With nearly 1 in 5 adults in the United States affected by mental illness,…

Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries

This course focuses on the importance of maintaining ethical boundaries in the physician-patient relationship. It examines the physical, social, and psychological limits that define acceptable interactions between healthcare providers and their patients. By understanding the inherent power dynamics within this…

When to End the Physician–Patient Relationship: Key Considerations and Steps

This course explores the critical role trust plays in the physician-patient relationship and the factors that can erode that trust. It addresses the ethical and legal considerations involved in deciding whether to maintain or appropriately terminate a physician-patient relationship when…

Protecting Patients and Preventing Harm: ERPOs as a Clinical Tool

The new ERPO training, developed by the Massachusetts Medical Society in partnership with Boston Medical Center, provides Massachusetts clinicians with the knowledge and practical skills needed to recognize warning signs, navigate the ERPO process, and take timely action to protect…