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- Medical Ethics
- 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$35.00
Medical ethics, also known as bioethics, is an amalgam of medicine, law, and religion. It is also influenced by cultural beliefs. In this course, we will define the most common ethical principles and note their relationship to the basic theories of ethics. Some of the prominent court cases that have dictated the basis of physician-patient relationships, especially in end-of-life care, are presented. Also, the Patient Self-Determination Act is outlined with explanations of advance directives—better known as physician directives and durable power of attorney for health care.
- Medical Ethics
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 ANCC
$30.00
Ethics are a significant part of high-quality clinical practice. This course presents ethical principles, scenarios, and the ethical responsibilities of healthcare professionals.The goal of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with an awareness of how ethics impacts clinical practice and an approach for analyzing ethical issues in clinical practice.
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$55.00
This preventative risk management course is based on the premise that all clinicians have the potential to commit an ethics or boundary violation. Through interactive content, participants learn how to reduce their own potential for committing a violation and recognize red flags in themselves and others. This course culminates with the development of a Personalized Protection Plan that will assist clinicians in upholding the ethical and professional obligations of their profession.
- Prescribing: Opioid(s)
- 2.00 AAFP Prescribed
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 ANCC
$0.00
SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics. Our program consists of a free 2-module, case-based online activity and live conferences held around the US. Through the case of Michelle Jones, a 36-year-old who has a displaced right femoral neck fracture due to a motor vehicle crash, you'll learn how to:
- Prescribing: Opioid(s)
- Pharmacology
- 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 3.00 ANCC
$21.00
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain. However, the inappropriate use, abuse, and diversion of prescription drugs in America, particularly prescription opioids, has increased dramatically in recent years and has been identified as a national public health epidemic. A set of clinical tools, guidelines, and recommendations are now available for prescribers who treat pain patients with opioids.
- Medical Errors
- Risk Management
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
The purpose of this module is to engage health care providers (prescribers), pharmacists, and other health care professionals in evidence based practices to avoid medication errors and enhance patient safety. Successful attainment of knowledge by the learner will enable improved awareness and lead to changes in clinical practice measures to overcome common causes of medication errors.
- Implicit Bias
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
In DC Health’s second module on implicit bias, the concept of implicit bias is overviewed and then expanded on through five scenarios. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from these realistic situations that take place in healthcare settings and review the reasons certain interactions display bias. These interactions may take place at any point during a patient’s care, from a scheduling phone call to the recording of symptoms, and these interactions can even take place amongst coworkers.
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC
- 1.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$0.00
The purpose of this knowledge-based course is to provide an evidence-based approach to improving the current team processes of clinical assessment and management of violence risk in Veterans with PTSD. First, prevalence rates of violence in Veteran populations will be described, noting that most Veterans do not have problems with violence toward others. Next, risk factors that have shown a consistent empirical association with violence in Veterans will be outlined, knowledge of which can help inform what variables to evaluate when assessing violence risk by the team.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC
- 1.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$0.00
This recorded, knowledge-based webinar will focus on the VA benefits most relevant to Veterans receiving palliative or hospice care and their families/survivors. The presenters will introduce each benefit, including why it is of value, eligibility criteria, and how palliative and hospice staff can assist Veterans and their families with the application process. Perspectives from working both within and outside the VA system will be shared. This training is appropriate for healthcare teams.
- Drug Diversion
- 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.75 ANCC
$25.00
Prescription drug diversion is a serious problem and fuels the current US epidemic of drug misuse, abuse, and addiction. Healthcare practitioners need to be able to identify and prevent drug diversion in their practices, by patients or staff members. This course presents the different mechanisms used to divert drugs and strategies to detect and prevent diversion.