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LEGAL MEDICINE & MEDICAL ETHICS. Model Curriculum For American Medical Schools & Health Sciences Centers. ABLM Chairman S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD. 2009 – ABLM affiliated with: American Association of Physician Specialists & American Board of Physician Specialties.
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LEGAL MEDICINE & MEDICAL ETHICS Model Curriculum For American Medical Schools & Health Sciences Centers
ABLM Chairman S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD • 2009 – ABLM affiliated with: • American Association of Physician Specialists & • American Board of Physician Specialties. • Diplomats of ABLM are Dual-Degreed MD-JD or DO-JD Individuals who are Board Certified in the Specialty of Legal Medicine. • 24 Medical Schools offer MD-JD Programs
Model Curriculum: Legal Medicine & Medical Ethics • 25 Years in Development & Teaching • 7 Editions of LEGAL MEDICINE Textbooks • Medical Malpractice Survival Handbook • Exam Study Guide – Qs & As • >25 Years – Medical-Legal Seminars • Mock Trials for Health Care Providers • Case Analyses for Specialties
ABLM Teaching Materials • E-Publication: LEGAL MEDICINE & MEDICAL ETHICS, 8th Edition, 2010 (Feb.) Textual Materials. • Power Point Slides for Chapters • Video or Audio Presentations of Major Topics • Links: Pertinent Articles & Editorials • Exam Qs & As
Teaching Medical Ethics & Law within Medical Education: A Model for UK Core Curriculum • Consensus Statement by Teachers of Medical Ethics and Law in UK Medical Schools(Journal of Medical Ethics 1998;24:188-192) • “The General Medical Council has Stated that Medical Ethics and Law should Constitute one of the Core Components of the Medical Curriculum.”
Legal Medicine & Medical Ethics Model Curriculum
I. Medical Humanities • History of Legal Medicine(Wecht-Sanbar) • Ethics, Bioethics and Humanism • Communication, Competency and Professionalism • Human Rights, Research & Experimentation • Human Genome Project & Developments • Human Fetus Interests • Stem Cell Research • Organ Donation and Transplantation
II. Licensing, Credentialing, Privileging, Profiling and Impairment • Medical Education, Medical Boards and Licensure (Sanbar) • Medical Staff Peer Review, Credentialing and Privileging • Physician Profile Databases • Health Care Provider Impairment
III. American Law & Judicial Process • Contracts by Health Care Providers • Agency • Antitrust • Patents, Intellectual Property, and Licenses • American Law and Court System (Sanbar) • Pretrial Proceedings, Trial and Appeals • Alternate Dispute Resolution • Tort Reform
IV. Hospitals, Nursing & MCO • Liability of Health Care Entities • Liability of Managed Care Organizations • Nursing and the Law • Pharmacist Malpractice and Liability • Medical Product Liability • Liability for Clinical Trials Research
V. Medical Liability & MalpracticeSection A • Patient Safety • Medical Errors • Disclosure and Apology to Injured Patient • Malpractice Causes, Defenses and Damages • Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome • Risk Management and Quality Assurance • Telemedicine and Email Communication
Medical Liability & MalpracticeSection B • Physician-Patient Relationship • Medical Records (Protected Health Information) • Spoliation of Medical Records • Competency and Capacity Determination • Informed Consent and Refusal • Negligence • Miscellaneous Torts
Medical Liability & MalpracticeSection C • What to do if Sued • How to Prepare a Medical Report • Role of Liability Insurance Company • Role of Defense Counsel • Role of Personal Counsel • Expert Medical Testimony • Criminalization of Malpractice • Countersuits by Health Care Providers
Liability of SpecialtiesSection A • Family and Internal Medicine • Clinical Pathology • Radiology • Geneticist • Obstetrics and Gynecology • Neonatology • Pediatrics
Liability of SpecialtiesSection B • Emergency Medicine • Cardiology • Oncology • Neurology and Neurosurgery • Anesthesiology • General Surgery • Ophthalmology • Otolaryngology
Liability of SpecialtiesSection C • Dentistry • Nursing • Urology • Plastic Surgery • Sport Medicine
Care of Special Patients • Children as Patients • Child Abuse • Domestic Violence • Abuse of Elderly Patients • Brain-Injured Patients
End-of-Life & Process of Dying • Pain Management: Law and Relief • Life Care Planning • The Process of Dying • Palliative Sedation • Assisted Suicide
Forensic Sciences & Medical Examiner • Forensic Psychiatry and Mental Illness • Forensic Pathology • Forensic Engineering • Forensic Toxicology • Forensic Criminalistics • Forensic Entomology • Forensic Odontology • Forensic Medical Information as Evidence • U.S. Medical Examiner & Coroner Systems
Business Aspect Of Medical Practice • Practice Organizations & Joint Ventures • Co-providers and Institutional Ventures • Physician as Employer • Health Insurance • Medical Liability Insurance • Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Public Health & Public Policy • Immunization • Reportable Illnesses • HIV-AIDS: Ethical and Legal Aspects • Occupational Health Law • Public Health Law • Legal Aspects of Bioterrorism
Federal Agencies and Mandates • U.S. Food and Drug Administration • HCQIA • HIPAA • EMTALA • ERISA • OSHA • SSA
Glossary of Terms • Ethics and Bioethics Terms • Medical-Legal Terms • Medical Malpractice Terms • Estate Planning and Asset Protection Terms • Miscellaneous Terms