Medical Records - Consent for Treatment of Minors
State and federal laws guarantee patients access to their own medical records except in very limited situations. But how do these laws apply to minors and their parents? Moreover, what rights to minors have in making decisions about their own care? This presentation will outline sensitive issues that arise when dealing with minors, adult children, and spouses. Learn more about this recorded web seminar.
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Today's fast-paced medical practice leaves physicians with little free time. We understand you just don't have time to attend a lot of meetings. That is why TMA is pleased to present a variety of home study programs that can be completed in the comfort and convenience of your own home or practice.
Practice Management | Be Wise - ImmunizeSM | Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) Courses | Physician Health & Rehabilitation | CME Accreditation
Practice Management
Most of the following courses offer ethics credit and a 3-percent discount on TMLT liability premiums:
Evaluating Your Medicare Options (Recorded Web Seminar)
Physicians have until Jan. 31 to decide if they want to change their participation status in the Medicare program for 2010. We know that practices are thinking hard about this participation decision. While TMA can't advise you which direction to take, we can give you detailed information about your participation options and the consequences of those choices. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; Expires: Jan. 1, 2012
Electronic Medical Record: The Link to a Better Future, 2nd Edition
This course takes a nontechnical view of health information technology to help you successfully select and adopt an electronic medical record system, with an emphasis on the needs of smaller practices. 3 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 3-percent reduction on TMLT professional liability premiums (not to exceed $1,000); 3 hours ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: Sept. 1, 2012
Medical Records - Consent for Treatment of Minors (Recorded Web Seminar)
State and federal laws guarantee patients access to their own medical records except in very limited situations. But how do these laws apply to minors and their parents? Moreover, what rights to minors have in making decisions about their own care? This presentation will outline sensitive issues that arise when dealing with minors, adult children, and spouses. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Offers TMLT discount; Expires: Dec. 31, 2011
Professional Courtesy, Waiving Copays, and Charity Care Requirements (Recorded Web Seminar)
A 1996 W.B. Saunders Company poll estimated that 97 percent of physicians offer some type of professional courtesy in their practices. Due to an upsurge in government's efforts to ensure accurate claim billing, and federal laws addressing physician referral and patient relationships, the legality of this tradition has been called into question. This seminar will take a look at how professional courtesy is defined, the guidelines for its provision, and considerations that must be made to steer clear of potential fraud liability. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Offers TMLT discount; Expires: Dec. 31, 2011
Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) Courses
Breast Cancer Screening: CME Performance Improvement Activity
Implement changes in your practice based on best evidence to promote breast health. Improve screening rates in your practice. Demonstrate an easy, efficient way to incorporate prevention into primary care that might translate into other cancer screening initiatives. A maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Ovarian Cancer: Designed for the Primary Care Physician
This module has been created for primary care physicians for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge of ovarian cancer with a particular emphasis on prevention strategies, early diagnosis, treatment options, and management. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 1 hour of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility education; Expires: April 25, 2011
Pain Primer for Primary Physicians: Essential Concepts
This module is designed for primary care physicians and physician assistants for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge of the essential concepts of pain with a particular focus on identifying types of pain, outlining a systematic approach to assessment and evaluation, medications, therapy, physical and procedural interventions and more. 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 1.5 hours of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: July 1, 2011
Potential Endocrine Effects of Anticancer Therapy
Created for primary care physicians, this enduring material provides training on the current risks associated with cancer survivors. The course will assist physicians in detecting hypopituitarism, growth hormone deficiency, hyperprolactinemia, hypothyroidism, or gonadal dysfunction in patients who have undergone anticancer therapy; and determining the impact of radiation therapy on the skeletal system. $35. 1.5 AMA PRA Cat. 1 Credits™, including ethics; Expires: June 1, 2012.
Primary Care Update: Cervical Cancer
Created for primary care providers, theis case-based material focuses on the association between cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus, patient risk analysis, and integrating strategies for surveillance challenges. $25. 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, including ethics; Expires: July 1, 2013.
Tobacco Intervention and the Health Care Provider
This self study module is designed for primary care physicians and physician assistants. It is intended to provide professional education about the importance of talking about tobacco cessation to patients. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility education; Expires: August 15, 2012
Physician Health and Rehabilitation
The following courses developed by the TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation (PHR) offer 1 and 2 hours of ethics credit:
Communication Skills: Why Bother?
This CME activity will help attendees improve thier communication skills with patients and colleagues, thereby increasing patient and family satisfaction, strengthening the patient-physician relationship, reducing stress, and improving patient outcomes. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 4, 2012
Coping with Stress in the Practice of Medicine
This course will educate participants about how to effectively cope with many of the stresses encountered in the practice of medicine. The course will offer self-assessment tools, prevention strategies, treatment options, and solutions.
2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 20, 2012
Depression and Suicide in Physicians
This course will examine the number of physicians lost to suicide annually, describe the characteristics of major depression, identify risks for physician suicide, explain the warning signs of a suicidal physician, and summarize the ethical consequences of the effect of physician suicide to patients. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 3, 2012
Effective Strategies for Tobacco Cessation
This course discusses ethical responsibilities of physicians to determine tobacco use at every clinical visit. Patient stages of change and physician strategies for smoking cessation are discussed. Commonly used pharmacotherapies and brief tobacco cessation counseling are reviewed. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM, TMA has designated this course for 1.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 4, 2012
Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Managing Patients With Pain
This educational program presents ethical and regulatory aspects of managing patients with pain. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 20, 2012
Ethical Aspects of Monitoring Physicians in Recovery
Discusses ethical and professional responsibilities of monitoring physicians in recovery so as to provide responsible advocacy for the monitored physician and protect patient safety. Identifies potential ethical dilemmas that might arise for physicians who monitor other physicians. Assesses the professional responsibility of entities that oversee physician health. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM, TMA has designated this course for 1.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 4, 2013
Ethical Considerations in Physician Aging and Retirement
This course will educate participants about how to recognize signs and address common illnesses in the aging physician and encourage them to become more aware of the professional, personal, and ethical considerations involved in planning for successful retirement. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 23, 2011
How to Create and Maintain Life Balance
Discusses the importance of actively initiating and maintaining balance in one's life. Reviews the importance of identifying personal core values congruent with prioritizing life activities. Provides action steps that may lead to improved patient care and a more balanced life. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM, TMA has designated this course for 1.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 4, 2013
Maintenance of Professional Boundaries and Effective Management of Challenging Patient Encounters
The course will educate participants about the importance of maintaining professional boundaries while working with a wide variety of challenging patients. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2 hours ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 4, 2011
Patient Safety and Medical Errors New
This course was designed as a tool for assisting Texas physicians who are seeking a course to enhance their patient safety skills. It was developed to provide both insight into the problem and to suggest practices to reduce the incidence of errors in patient care. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2 hours ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: July 8, 2013
Patient Safety and Peer Assistance
The course includes information relative to the relationship between patient safety and peer assistance, how a peer assistance committee should function to be effective and maintain credibility, and the importance of following a standardized process when referrals are received to address and uphold ethical and professional responsibilities. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 26, 2013
Psychiatric Illness and Disruptive Behavior in Physicians
The course will educate participants about how to recognize signs and symptoms of psychiatric illnesses and disruptive behavior in physicians. An intervention process for approaching colleagues identified as exhibiting behavioral or emotional problems will be described. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM; 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 23, 2011
Spirituality and Medicine
Assesses the role of spirituality in physicians personal lives and the lives of their patients. Reviews how to integrate spirituality and clinical practice to enhance patient satisfaction. Discusses the principles of ethically managing spirituality in a medical practice. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM, TMA has designated this course for 1.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 3, 2013
Substance Use Disorders in Physicians: Identification and Intervention
Discusses the disease aspects of Substance Use Disorders. Reviews essential components of conducting an intervention and steps necessary to prepare intervention team members. Explains ethical considerations involved in mandatory reporting and patient safety. 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM, TMA has designated this course for 2.0 ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: May 25, 2013
The Art and Science of Happiness
The module will educate participants about addiction as a family illness and how each member, including the impaired individual, impacts the health and well-being of the family. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 15, 2012
The Family in Addiction and Recovery
The module will educate participants about addiction as a family illness and how each member, including the impaired individual, impacts the health and well-being of the family. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility; Expires: June 1, 2012
CME Accreditation
Texas Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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Last Published: 8/16/2010
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