Description
Professional, Ethical, Legal, and Educational Lessons in Medicine: A Problem Based Approach provides a comprehensive review of the complex and challenging field of professional medical practice. Its problem-based format incorporates a vast pool of practical, board-exam-style multiple-choice questions for self-assessment, and is an ideal resource for exam preparation as well as ongoing clinical education among trainees and clinicians The practice of medicine is not only about clinical care of patients. Physicians must navigate ethical conundrums, legal pitfalls, and quality improvement issues while maintaining scrupulous professionalism and being exemplary educators. This volume addresses common issues in the realm of professional medical practice not typically covered in other texts. Each of the 73 chapters presents a problem-based case that branches out into an oral board examination type stem questions. A discussion section with brief review articles summarizes the most recent literature. Multiple-choice questions with answers allows for comprehensive self-assessment or interactive group quizzes. This book will appeal to medical and allied health professionals in all specialties of medicine. It is an excellent and hands-on reference for the related but diverse domains associated with professional healthcare practice by students, physicians, and other healthcare providers compacted into one volume.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Navigating Communication Conflicts2. The Disruptive Colleague3. The Challenging Resident4. Substance Abuse in Healthcare Providers5. Addressing Patient Nonadherence6. Professional Boundaries in Healthcare7. Addressing Workplace Violence in Interprofessional Teams8. Avoiding Implicit Bias and Microaggressions9. Stress and Burnout in Healthcare10. Developing a Culture of Wellness11. Surviving a Bad Outcome: The Second Victim12. Disclosure of Medical Errors13. Professional Pitfalls of the Electronic Health Record14. Social Media Sinkholes15. Cultural Sensitivity in the Workplace16. Diversity and Equity in the Workforce17. Conflicts of Interest and the Influence of Healthcare Companies18. Interview Etiquette, Science, Common Sense, and the Law19. Billing Compliance Errors20. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Fraud: The False Claims Act, qui tam, and the 11th Amendment21. Off-Label Use of Drugs and Devices 22. Motivation and Workplace Incentives23. Improving Efficiency and Reducing Cost24. Reducing the Environmental Impact of your Practice25. Leadership Styles26. All Hazards Disaster Leadership Competencies 27. Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent 28. Consent and Assent in Pediatric Patients29. Preoperative Pregnancy Testing in Minors30. Adolescent Capacity to Consent to Transgender-Related Healthcare31. Conscientious Objection: Moral and Ethical Objections by the Healthcare Provider32. The Patient's Bill of Rights and Discrimination Against Healthcare Providers33. Approaching conflicts and challenges between clinical teams and caregivers 34. Prescribing for Friends and Family35. The Placebo Effect36. The Doctrine of Parens Patriae37. Death by Neurologic Criteria38. Decisions Related to End-of-life Care: Medical Futility and Withdrawal of Therapy39. Decision Making Capacity, Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Makers40. Organ Donation After Cardiac Death41. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) and Physician Order for Life42. Physician Aid in Dying43. Physician Involvement in Executions 44. The Ethics of Research45. Ethical Dilemmas of the COVID-19 Pandemic46. Bloom's Taxonomy: The Cognitive Domain47. Bloom's Taxonomy: The Affective Domain48. Bloom's Taxonomy: The Psychomotor Domain49. Adult Learning Theory50. The Pros and Cons of the Socratic Method51. The One-Minute Preceptor Model52. How to Design and Moderate an Excellent Problem-Based Learning Discussion53. How to Design an Engaging Workshop54. How to Give and Get Effective Feedback55. How to Design a Curriculum56. Evaluations: Types and Methods57. How to Give an Excellent Presentation *Virtual Presentation*58. The Science of Deliberate Practice59. Virtual Teaching and Learning60. The Role of Social Media in Healthcare Education61. Human Factors in Medical Care62. Healthcare Simulation63. Cognitive Errors in Clinical Decision Making 64. Quality Improvement Science65. Coaching, Mentoring, and Advising66. Confidentiality of Patient Information: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)67. An Overview of the Legal Process: Expert Witnesses68. An Overview of the Legal Process: Depositions and Testifying in Court69. Telemedicine: Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues70. Electronic Distractions in Healthcare71. Physicians' Code of Conduct: The Duty to Report72. Documentation Disputes in the Medical Record73. Contracts and Negotiations
