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Description
The certificate for this activity is for NON-PHYSICIANS.Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form. Getting the Most out of the Activity As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed. While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.Purpose of Activity
To provide information on the value of the Against Medical Advice (AMA) form.Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:
Deal with AMA discharges and document that the patient leaving AMA is fully informed of the risks and alternatives to treatment, possesses the mental competency to make a reasonable decision based on accurate and complete information, and does not meet standard criteria for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization.
Disclosures
All faculty members and all LCMEI staff members in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they and their spouse/life partners (if any) have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Price:
$10.00
Credits:
- ACCME 1.0 CME
Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Professions:
Other Health Professional
Test Code: EMNN0516
Published: May 2016
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources:
Emergency Medicine News
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Categories:
Health Care Policy and Regulation
Specialties:
Emergency Medicine
Topics:
Against Medical Advice (AMA)