At the completion of this block, the resident will have developed an understanding of:
- How ethics and the law impact healthcare delivery
- Principles of Autonomy and Benevolence
- Principles of informed consent and voluntariness
- The determination of “Competence” and “Capacity” and the treatment of minors or the incompetent
- Risk Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Medical Negligence and Malpractice
- Corporate compliance
- Patient advocacy issues
- The alphabet soup: ASHA, CLIA, JCAHO, NCQA, HIPAA, Stark laws and Safe Harbors
Residents should ideally:
- Meet with the Memorial Ethics Committee Chair
- Review medicolegal cases and discuss them with the faculty advisor or designee
- Meet with those individuals within Beacon Health System (and related entities) who have oversight over these areas
- Meet with a malpractice attorney (plaintiff or defendant) and/or someone in the business of selling malpractice insurance
- As appropriate, meet with those outside of Beacon doing similar things in their organization
- Meet or talk with individuals in organizations that they foresee themselves working with in their early career
- Discuss this topic with regional or national leaders in this field as they may be available through faculty or resident connections
- Do any assigned directed reading
