Intensive Course in Medical Ethics, Boundaries and Professionalism

Registration is now closed.  Please consider our February 2024 course.

The Doctor-Patient Relationship is a specially privileged relationship in our society. As a result, practitioners are afforded access to information and confidences by patients that are not available to anyone else. Along with this privilege comes a series of professional responsibilities for practitioners. More is expected of practitioners than from most other professionals in our society. The practice of medicine is governed by several important ethical precepts, including: confidentiality, beneficence, respect for patient autonomy, truth telling and the highest degree of professionalism. Practitioners work within the guidelines of these principles. Yet medical practice can also be challenged by these principles, particularly when two or more of them are in conflict. This expertly taught intensive course – liberally employing case presentations – focuses on applied ethics, from boundary issues to billing practices.

Simulation Exercise
An opportunity on Day 2 to practice clinical reasoning and professional boundary skills with a standardized patient regarding personal / professional / prescribing / sexual / and financial relationships and boundaries.  

Thursday, September 28, 2023, 7:55 AM - Friday, September 29, 2023, 3:30 PM, George S. Dively Conference Center, Cleveland, OH

1. Describe the meaning and importance of medical professionalism
2. Discuss how conflict of interest may compromise professionalism
3. Identify three significant boundary issues and proper limits in relation to each
4. Discuss the few exceptions to the principle of confidentiality
5. Describe two important ethical issues with respect to operating a practice
6. List three elements that help to distinguish between “Usual and Customary” and “Health Care Fraud”
7. Describe errors practitioners frequently commit with regard to informed consent
8. Explain how autonomy and beneficence can easily come in conflict
9. Describe two issues of particular concern when prescribing controlled substances
10. Explain how patients behave in two or three typical drug scams and outline appropriate provider countermeasures

The registration fee for this course is $1700.

An administrative fee of $250 will be deducted from refunds for cancellations made within 14 days of the course.  All requests for refunds must be sent via email to [email protected].

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (15.25 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (15.25 hours)

*Make sure to ask for the Case Western Reserve University special rate*

The Glidden House - One block away from the conference
1901 Ford Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone (216) 231-8900; (866) 812-4537; Fax (216) 231-2130
www.gliddenhouse.com
Located directly on campus. Bed and Breakfast; continental breakfast and parking included.

Courtyard by Marriott Cleveland University Circle
2021 Cornell Rd, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone (216) 791-5678; (800) 321-2211; Fax (216) 791-5342
www.courtyard.com/CLECE
Courtyard Cleveland University hotel is close to many area businesses, art museums, shopping, dining, and is close to popular attractions such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Little Italy. The hotel is also within walking distance to University Hospital and Case Western Reserve University. Free wireless high speed internet and local phone calls. Courtyard Bistro, heated Pool and on site Fitness Center.

Doubletree by Hilton/The Tudor Arms Hotel
10660 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone (216) 455-1260
http://doubletree3.hilton.com/
University Circle area hotel offers close proximity to Cleveland Clinic and University Hospital and is also within walking distance of Case Western Reserve University. Historic Tudor Arms building in the heart of Cleveland's East Side Cultural District. Hotel restaurant and bar, fitness center, and complimentary high-speed internet access.

Links to hotels below have CWRU promo code filled in for our special rate

InterContinental Cleveland
9801 Carnegie Avenue  Cleveland, Ohio 44106
216.707.4100  
Reservations 877-707-8999.  Request hotel interested in and Case rate
Four Diamond Hotel featuring two restaurants; 24-hour room service; international staff; fitness center including Technogym equipment; patio; room service
Located less than a mile from the Case Western Reserve University main campus and across from the CWRU Health Education Campus.

InterContinental Suites Hotel
8800 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106
216.707.4300 
Reservations 877-707-8999.  Request hotel interested in and Case rate
All-suite hotel including microwave; full-service hotel; on-site laundry facility; 24-hour room service; fitness center; restaurant; lounge; patio; room service
Located 1.2 miles from CWRU main campus and .3 miles from new Health Education Campus

Holiday Inn Cleveland Clinic
8650 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44016
216.707.4200 
Reservations 877-707-8999.  Request hotel interested in and Case rate
Full service; indoor pool; up to four kids 12 and under eat free with one paying adult off children's menu; on-site laundry facility; fitness center includes Peloton bikes; restaurant; lounge; patio; room service 
Located 1.3 miles from CWRU main campus and .4 miles from new Health Education Campus

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

CWRU School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.