Webinars

Publications

• Electronic Medical Record Implementation Guide: The Link to a Better Future, Second Edition
  The implementation guide offers a nontechnical view of the steps necessary for the successful introduction of HIT with an emphasis on the needs of smaller practices. This publication will walk you through the process of acquiring and learning to use HIT. 3 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 3 ETHICS • TMLT discount • Expires: Sept. 1, 2012
• EMTALA: Emergency Room Legal and Ethical Duties of Physicians
  Discusses the basic ethical and legal tenets regarding patient transfer issues and EMTALA and gives an overview of both state and federal patient transfer laws.1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS  • Expires Dec. 1, 2012
• Texas Medical Jurisprudence Study Guide (Order Now)
  The TMJ Study Guide helps physicians organize their study and final preparation for the medical jurisprudence examination given by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
• Texas Medical Jurisprudence, 18th Edition - 2010 Manual by Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP (Order Now)
  This is a useful study guide and teaching tool for the medical jurisprudence courses taught in Texas medical schools and health care administration programs.

Online Courses

• Cocooning: Targeted Immunization to Prevent Severe and Fatal Pertussis in Infants
  This course is designed for physicians of all specialties who are interested in learning about the cocooning strategy for preventing pertussis in newborns. 1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • Public Health course • Expires: March 1, 2013 
  
• Communication Skills: Why Bother? (Register Now)
  Improve your communication skills with patients and colleagues, thereby increasing patient and family satisfaction, strengthening the patient-physician relationship, reducing stress, and improving patient outcomes.1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires: June 4, 2012 
• Depression and Suicide in Physicians (Register Now)
  Examine the number of physicians lost to suicide annually, describe the characteristics of major depression, identify risks for physician suicide, explain the warning signs of a suicidal physician, and summarize the ethical consequences of the effect of physician suicide to patients. 1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires June 3, 2012
• Effective Strategies for Tobacco Cessation (Register Now)
  Discusses ethical responsibilities of physicians to determine tobacco use at every clinical visit. Patient stages of change and physician strategies for smoking cessation are discussed. Commonly used pharmacotherapies and brief tobacco cessation counseling are reviewed. 1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires June 4, 2013
• Ethical Aspects of Monitoring Physicians in Recovery (Register Now)
   Discusses ethical and professional responsibilities of monitoring physicians in recovery so as to provide responsible advocacy for the monitored physician and protect patient safety. Identifies potential ethical dilemmas that might arise for physicians who monitor other physicians. Assesses the professional responsibility of entities that oversee physician health.  1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 ▪ 1 ETHICS ▪ Expires June 4, 2013
• Ethical Considerations in Physician Aging and Retirement (Register Now)
  Discusses signs of, and how to address, impairment in the aging physician, and encourages participants to become more aware of the personal and ethical considerations involved in planning a successful retirement. 2 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 2 ETHICS • Expires April 22, 2014
• How to Create and Maintain Life Balance (Register Now)
  Discusses the importance of actively initiating and maintaining balance in one's life. Reviews the importance of identifying personal core values congruent with prioritizing life activities. Provides action steps that may lead to improved patient care and a more balanced life. 1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires June 4, 2013
• Maintenance of Professional Boundaries and Effective Management of Challenging Patient Encounters (Register Now)
  

  Discusses the importance of maintaining professional boundaries while working with a wide variety of challenging patients. 2 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 2 ETHICS • Expires: April 22, 2014
• Patient Safety and Peer Assistance (Register Now)
  Discover the relationship between patient safety and peer assistance, how a peer assistance committee should function to be effective and maintain credibility, and the importance of following a standardized process when referrals are received to address and uphold ethical and professional responsibilities. 1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires May 26, 2013
• Psychiatric Disorders and Disruptive Behavior in Physicians (Register Now)
  Recognize the signs and symptoms of psychiatric illnesses and disruptive behavior in physicians.  An intervention process for approaching colleagues identified as exhibiting behavioral or emotional problems will be described.  2 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 2 ETHICS • Expires April 22, 2014
• Spirituality and Medicine (Register Now)
  Assesses the role of spirituality in physicians personal lives and the lives of their patients. Reviews how to integrate spirituality and clinical practice to enhance patient satisfaction. Discusses the principles of ethically managing spirituality in a medical practice.   1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires June 13, 2013.
• Substance Use Disorders in Physicians: Identification and Intervention (Register Now)
  Discusses the disease aspects of Substance Use Disorders.  Reviews essential components of conducting an intervention and steps necessary to prepare intervention team members. Explains ethical considerations involved in mandatory reporting and patient safety. 2 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 2 ETHICS • Expires May 25, 2013.
• The Art and Science of Happiness (Register Now)
  The module will explain the facets of the evolving science of happiness, the virtues that can contribute to happiness and well-being and show how you may improve your professional and personal lives, and the lives of your patients. 1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires June 15, 2012
• The Family in Addiction and Recovery (Register Now)
  The module will educate participants about addiction as a family illness and how each member, including the impaired individual, impacts the health and well-being of the family.  1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS • Expires June 2, 2012