Activity ID
2051Expires
November 4, 2027Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$0-$50CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
How is the legal relationship between health care practitioners and patients defined? The relationship is primarily based in contract law and highly dependent on an analysis of specific facts and state law. In some cases, the law may define a relationship as one in which a physician may owe a duty in ways that will likely be surprising to the physician. In other cases, the law may indicate that no duty is owed to persons that may seem, on the surface, to be patients. State law contains certain specific characteristics and categories of duty. Through the use of many fact pattern examples, the reader will learn what characteristics must be present in the facts for the relationship to be legally formed.
Diplomate Engagement
Pre and posttest evaluation at the end of the course. Post activity survey 3 months asking for what practice changes were made.
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Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
To state the principles underpinning the definition of the Physician-Patient relationship.
To identify when legal duties are owed to a patient in the context of a Physician-Patient relationship, and when legal duties are imposed or excluded for public policy purposes.
To recognize fact patterns that may create a legal Physician-Patient relationship.
To state that the legal Physician-Patient relationship is defined by state law.
Keywords
Legal Patient Relationship, MD-PT Relationship, Legal Agency, Contract Laws, Contracts, Medical Advice, Patient Care, Duty, Duty to the Patient, Third party liability
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Physician Scientists, Rural, Urban
National Quality Strategies and/or Quadruple Aim Care Processes
Cognition, Human Learning & Problem Solving, Physician-Patient Relationship, Community Health
