Medical Decision Making
In this three-part video presentation, you will learn about the legal and ethical purposes of informed consent and shared decision making. You will also learn techniques to engage in shared decision making.
Activity Information
How to Claim Credit
You may claim credit after watching this activity.
You will be redirected to the BCM DCPD credit management site when claiming credit and may be asked to register or log in.
Needs Statement
The Ethics, Professionalism, and Policy Program (EP3) is the ethics education curriculum created by the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. The goal of the EP3 program is to educate the medical community about biomedical ethics. The EP3 topics are issues most medical providers encounter regularly but many feel unequipped to handle. The EP3 program’s goal is to provide easily digestible and actionable recommendations and resources about these complicated topics.
Educational Objectives
After completing this session, participants will:
- Recognize some of the common mistakes as well as some best practices in obtaining informed consent.
- Describe characteristics of shared decision making and how to properly implement it.
- Identify strategies and practical tools to improve the process of surrogate decision making.
Target Audience
Professional Categories
- Physicians
- Medical Students
- Fellows
- Residents
Specialties
Interest Groups
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Ethics
- Hospital Medicine
- Primary Care
Activity Evaluation
Evaluation by questionnaire will address program content, presentation, and possible bias.
Educational Methods
- Lectures
Accreditation/Credit Designation
Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Baylor College of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been designated by Baylor College of Medicine for 0.5 credit of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
Lead Contributor
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Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., M.A.
Cullen Associate Professor of Medical Ethics
Baylor College of Medicine
Term of Approval
December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. Original release date: December 1, 2022.
Disclosure Policy
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.
In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME's validation of clinical content statements.
BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions. If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Disclosures
The following individual(s) has/have reported financial or other relationship(s) with commercial entities whose products/services may relate to the educational content of this activity:
Planning Committee Members
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Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., M.A.
Cullen Associate Professor of Medical Ethics
Baylor College of Medicine
Disclosure:
Nothing to disclose.
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Savitri Fedson, M.D., M.A.
Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Disclosure:
- Honorarium Recipient: American Board of Internal Medicine
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Stephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Disclosure:
Nothing to disclose.
Lead Contributor
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Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., M.A.
Cullen Associate Professor of Medical Ethics
Baylor College of Medicine
Disclosure:
Nothing to disclose.