Ethics and Professionalism

ME-15

• Pre-course assignments, 7.5 hours
• One-day virtual live course

ME-15 Extended

• Pre-course assignments, 7.5 hours
• One-day virtual live course
• Post-course, weekly faculty-led group teleconference seminars (MAS-12), one hour for 12 weeks

• Bending or breaking laws or rules (Noncompliance with orders/deadlines)
• Driving under the influence (DUI/DWI)
• Financial improprieties (Fraud, inappropriate billing, over diagnosing/over-treating, waiving copays)
• HIPAA or confidentiality violations
• Misrepresentation (Cheating, falsification, inaccurate or inappropriate advertising, lying or omission of information)
• Practicing on an expired license

This course is multi-disciplinary and appropriate for all licensed clinicians, including but not limited to: physicians, nurses, pharmacists (outside of California), dentists, veterinarians, chiropractors, physician assistants, mental health providers, physical therapists, acupuncturists, EMTs, midwives, optometrists, and trainees/students. Additionally, this course can also be adapted for other professionals, such as attorneys.

• Comply with standards of practice and codes of ethics
• Improve clinical decision making by minimizing negative influencers
• Adhere to professional ethics with resultant improvements in professional-patient interaction, which can improve clinical outcomes
• Reduce potential transgressions through the development of systems that can be implemented into clinical practice
• Become aware of the early warning signs indicative of ethical dilemmas and boundary problems
• Create an ethics-based Formula© and implement a tiered Personalized Protection Plan© to maintain ethical integrity

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and Professional Boundaries, Inc. The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine designates these live activities each for a maximum of 27 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in activity.