Maintaining Professional Boundaries

Add to Calendar Maintaining Professional Boundaries 4/23/2025 8:00:00 AM 4/25/2025 5:00:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://vumc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=108250 Description: Healthcare professionals lack training on professional behaviors and sexual boundary issues. Results from several reports indicate, “the number of physicians struggling with sexual boundary problems appears to be 3-10% (Swiggart and Starr, 2002) of the U.S. physician population. Physicians are not familiar with the FSMB Guidelines addressing sexual boundaries. Participants who attend the course come w... Other false MM/DD/YYYY


Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 8:00 AM - Friday, April 25, 2025, 5:00 PM, Other, Nashville, TN


Specialties - Other


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (24.00 hours)


Healthcare professionals lack training on professional behaviors and sexual boundary issues. Results from several reports indicate, “the number of physicians struggling with sexual boundary problems appears to be 3-10% (Swiggart and Starr, 2002) of the U.S. physician population. Physicians are not familiar with the FSMB Guidelines addressing sexual boundaries. Participants who attend the course come with little training in sexual impropriety, misconduct, and sexual harassment. Most physicians are referred by regulatory bodies or employers for unprofessional conduct related to sexual boundaries. Course participants will learn new skills and be better prepared to recognize the potential for sexual boundary violations and adhere to the current rules related to appropriate professional conduct in their individual practices to avoid future difficulties. Physicians will learn the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Guidelines and other professional codes of conduct for addressing sexual boundaries.


Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, you should be able to:

  1. Compare and contrast types of professional boundary violations
  2. Identify individual and patient related risk-factors that may lead to a professional boundary violation
  3. Practice behaviors that prevent and protect individuals and patients from boundary misconduct and violations
  4. Develop a plan to improve professional boundaries in his/her practice environment


Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum {24} AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.