Learning Center

Learners will know how to distinguish between privacy and confidentiality, and describe the physician's role in maintaining a patient's privacy and confidentiality.

Learners will recognize when physicians need consent to disclose patient information and describe the physician's responsibilities when there has been a breach of privacy.

Learners will describe key ethical principles for organ donation and transplantation systems, and apply these principles to models for organ donation.

Learners will explain why it is required to maintain sexual and romantic boundaries, and know how physicians can avoid sexual and romantic boundary violations.

Learners will explain the limits, guidelines and expectations when treating colleagues, family and self. 

Learners will explain the risks of boundary violations with patients when communicating political opinions, soliciting charitable contributions, accepting gifts and using social media.

Learners will examine conditions that can impair physicians' health and ability to fulfill professional responsibilities and describe physicians' responsibilities to themselves and their colleagues to ensure that care is safely provided.

Learners will know how to intervene or report on different kinds of unprofessional physician conduct including incompetence, disruptive behavior, and unethical behavior.