Ethics and Health Equity 

• 8 Core Ethical Principles for Medical Practice

• Assessment of the Patient’s Capacity to Decline Certain Treatments

• Understanding the effect of culture on health
  
  

Stress Management for Physicians: Wellness Lifestyles for High Performing Professionals

• Understanding Burnout
• Exploring Clinician Wellness
• Preventing Burnout and Promoting Wellness
• Adopting Wellness Lifestyles

By the end of the session the participant will be able to:

• Explain the eight core principle of medical ethics
• Apply ethical decision-making to complex situations
• Implement strategies to promote health equity and reduce the influence of bias on health outcomes
• Discuss the impact of traumatic experiences and how different factors affect the likelihood to experience resilience.
• Explain risk factors for physician burnout and how it can affect patient care, in addition to describing interventions that can promote wellness for working clinicians.

ACCME Activity #203268190

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of ScientiaCME and West Henderson Hospital. ScientiaCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: ScientiaCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse Practitioners (NPs): The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.  ScientiaCME will provide NPs who successfully complete each activity with a certificate of participation indicating that the activity was designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Nurses: The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. This activity is designated for up to 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review by ScientiaCME.

No commercial products, off-label, or investigational uses will be discussed.

Individuals with no conflicts of interest to disclose: 

Content reviewer: Charles J Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, President, ScientiaCME

Educational Planner: Debra Kaufman, Director Medical Staff, West Henderson Hospital

Faculty: Clinton Coil, MD, MPH, FACEP, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Chief Quality Officer, LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

ScientiaCME adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

• Read the learning objectives above
• Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowledge gained by participating in this CME activity.
• View the online activity. You may view this is in more than one session, and may pause or repeat any portion of the presentation if you need to.
• Minimum participation threshold: Take the post-test. A score of 10% or higher is required to pass and proceed to the activity evaluation.
• Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.

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