Legal Advisor: Advance Directives Course
Advance directives can be a difficult topic because they deal
with end-of-life and other serious medical situations. However, advance
directives are valuable to patients and health care providers alike because they
minimize conflict between family and health care providers by clarifying and
respecting patients' wishes.
Learning Objectives
- Define which Advance Directives documents are governed by Massachusetts
law.
- Contrast the limitations and scope of authority of a patient's
appointed health care agent.
- Identify the components of a health care
proxy.
- Determine who has the authority to represent the patient's
wishes using different case scenarios.
Course
Fees
MMS Member Physicians: $12
Nonmember Physicians:
$22
Allied Health Professionals: $9.60
Format: Text
CME Credit: 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, risk management study
This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in
Medicine for risk management credit, including 1.0 credit
in end-of-life
care.
The Massachusetts Medical Society designates this enduring
material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians
should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
A score of 70% or higher is required to
receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
System requirements:
Desktops/Laptops
Windows, XP, Vista, 7, 8
Mac OSX 10.6 higher
Most modern browsers including:
IE8,9,10
Firefox 18.0+
Chrome 26+
Safari 5+
Flash player is required
for some Online CME courses.
Mobile/Tablet
iOS
devices beginning with OS version 5 or higher (includes, iPhone, ipad and iTouch
devices)
Android devices including tablets and phones.
Windows RT
and tablets on Windows 8 are also supported.