
The Complete Professional: Navigating Professional Boundaries in Medicine (DR-2)

The Complete Professional: Navigating Professional Boundaries in Medicine (DR-2) is organized by Professional Boundaries Education.
Description:
This preventative risk management course is based on the premise that all clinicians have the potential to commit an ethics or boundary violation. Through interactive content, participants learn how to reduce their own potential for committing a violation and recognize red flags in themselves and others. This course culminates with the development of a Personalized Protection Plan that will assist clinicians in upholding the ethical and professional obligations of their profession.
Learning Objectives:
• Demonstrate appropriate clinical decision making by minimizing negative influences
• Adhere to professional boundaries with resultant improvements in physician-patient interaction, which can improve clinical outcomes
• Become aware of the early warning signs and personal risk factors indicative of ethical dilemmas and boundary problems
• Acquire a working understanding of the Formula© in order to reduce their own violation potential for ethical and policy transgressions
• Understand how to create their own individual Protection Plan to maintain appropriate boundaries.
Course Topics
• Non-sexual and sexual boundary violations
• Workplace relationships
• Improper professional conduct, harassment, and incivility
• Recognizing power imbalances
• Dual relationships