Use of Potentially Manipulative Communication Practices in Surrogate Decision-Making for Patients with COVID-19

Needs Statement

Staff physicians and other allied health professionals need to be regularly updated on the guidelines and challenges related to ethics consultation, clinical ethics practice and the role of ethics in shared clinical decision-making. The series aims to increase knowledge of the learners in these topic areas, and to provide the skills and tools for their implementation in clinical practice in order to enhance the quality of patient care.

Target Audience

Staff physicians and other allied health professionals

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:

  • Evaluate how showing a patient's body to surrogates could potentially manipulate the goals of care decisions at the end of life.

  • Explore how their senses might affect the rational decision-making of surrogates.

  • Identify ethical ways of showing a patient's body to surrogates to inform decisions without unduly influencing or manipulating them.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Ethics
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
03/01/2022
Course expires: 
03/31/2024
Rating: 
0

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been designated by Baylor College of Medicine for 1.0 credit of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Ethics
  • 1.00 Participation
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