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General Information

You are not required to complete this Core Curriculum Module in one sitting. Our site will track your progress and allow you to log out, then log in at a later date to complete your Core Curriculum Module. You will have one (1) year from your purchase date to complete your purchased Core Curriculum Module. This Core Curriculum Module will take approximately two (2) hours to complete, and is in a case discussion/response quiz format. In order to receive credit for completing the module, after listening to the audio presentation, you will be required to complete the quiz presented at the end of the Core Curriculum Module.

Target Audience: Physicians, and other health professionals.

Medium Used: Proprietary E-Learning Software

Hardware/Software Requirements: A computer running Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or Apple Safari 1.2 or higher. Your web browser must be capable of using cookies and be set to accept cookies from the lawandmed.com domain name. The browser must also be capable of accessing web sites secured using 128-bit secure sockets layer. Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher is required to listen to the audio file presentations.  You must also have Adobe Reader version 6 or higher to view PDF files provided throughout the module materials.

Release Date: September 2008

Review Date: July 2021

Termination Date: July 2024

CME Granting Organization:

Please contact us with questions regarding your access to the Core Curriculum Module.

Law and Medicine Media, LLC
P.O. Box 401
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033

Tel: 1-800-808-8525

Website: www.lawandmed.com; info@lawandmed.com

About the Author

The following Core Curriculum Module has been prepared by Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD. Dr. Cotton has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and 10 years of experience as a healthcare attorney.

CME Accreditation Information

ACCME
Accreditation Statement. Law & Medicine Media, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the ACCME by Law and Medicine Media, LLC. Law and Medicine Media, LLC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category I Credits ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the continuing medical education activity.

CME Conflict of Interest Statement

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards, Law and Medicine Media, LLC requires faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of Law and Medicine Media, LLC CME activities to disclose to the participant whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflicts of interest or other relationships, including relationships with any manufacturer of any commercial product, related to the content of this CME activity.

With respect to this CME activity, the following disclosures were obtained:

Victor R. Cotton, MD, JD – Author/Speaker: Speakers Bureau, Boston Scientific
Gina S. Breslin – Education Director: Nothing to disclose
Anne L.L. Dillman, JD – Compliance Officer: Nothing to disclose
David Superdock, MD – Advisory Committee Member: Nothing to disclose
R. Scott Owens, MD – Advisory Committee Member: Speakers Bureau, Pfizer
Marjorie Donahue, MD – Advisory Committee Member: Nothing to disclose
Anastasius Peter, MD – Advisory Committee Member: Nothing to disclose
Keith Minnich, MD – Advisory Committee Member: Nothing to disclose
Joy C.L. Cotton, MD – Advisory Committee Member: Nothing to disclose
Lisa Tkatch, MD – Advisory Committee Member: Nothing to disclose

No other person was in a position to control the content, presentation or evaluation of this educational activity.

Statement Regarding Commercial Support

Law and Medicine Media, LLC has not received commercial support of any kind related to the preparation or dissemination of this online module. This entire activity was financially supported by Law and Medicine Media, LLC. This activity does not include a discussion of unapproved uses of drugs or devices.

Confidentiality Policy

Law and Medicine Media, LLC shall not, directly or indirectly, share any information regarding the identity of a participating learner in a CME activity, except in the following situations:

As required by contractual provision (such as by an agreement with the participant’s employer);

As required to provide appropriate continuing medical education credit to the participant; and/or

As required by law.

Instructions

In order to earn CME credit(s) you must:

 Complete the Core Curriculum Module;

 Receive at least a 70% score on the post-material quiz;

 Complete the Core Curriculum Module Evaluation at the end of the module.

Goals and Objectives

At the conclusion of the presentation, the listener should be able to:

1. Understand the various ways in which a doctor-patient relationship can come into existence 
2. Explain the ways in which a doctor-patient relationship can be properly and improperly terminated
3. Describe the unique effects that an emergency room situation has on the analysis of a doctor-patient relationship