Ethical Boundary Violations
Ethical boundaries are the borders and limits of appropriate behavior between health care providers and their patients. Boundary violations encompass a wider spectrum of conduct than those most obvious improprieties. This CME activity explores ethical boundary violations such as relationship, prescribing, sexual misconduct, confidentiality, gift and social media boundaries.
Learning Objectives
- Restate the Board of Registration in Medicine's role in investigating patient complaints against physicians.
- Assess the way in which physicians can measure their own activities in relation to ethical boundaries.
- Discuss some of the different types of boundary violations that can present themselves in the ordinary course of practice.
- Review the ways in which social media can be beneficial or harmful for a medical practice.
Faculty
Mathew Mortensen, Content Contributor
Course Fees
Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Member: $15.00
Non-MMS Member: $30.00
Allied Health Professionals: $12.00
Format
Text
CME Credit
1.00
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Accreditation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity meets the criteria for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.
MOC Approval Statement
Through the American Board of Medical
Specialties ("ABMS") ongoing commitment to increase access to practice
relevant Maintenance of Certification ("MOC") Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory ,
this activity has met the requirements as an MOC Part II CME Activity
(apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member
Boards:
Allergy and Immunology
Anesthesiology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Family Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Plastic Surgery
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry & Neurology
Radiology
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
National Commission on Certification of Physicians Assistant (NCCPA).
Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 1.00 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
A score of 70% or higher is required to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Activity Term
Original Release Date: May 29, 2017
Review Date: N/A
Termination Date: May 29, 2020
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.
