Course Overview
This is a Live Webinar event that will be held on April 2, 2023 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT.
This event will look at basic medical ethics and how they apply to Acupuncture and Oriental Medical practices. It will cover the five basic principles/areas every practitioner should know. It then goes on to explore fundamental medical ethics including looking at the works of Hippocrates and Sun Si Miao and discussing the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment as well as NCCAOM’s Code of Ethics. And finally, there will be a review of real world ethical issues that practitioners need to deal with in their everyday interactions with patients. The goal of this course is to give a basic theoretical background to medical ethics and then make them relevant to one’s practices.
The recordings will be made available for you to review after the event!
Objectives
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To understand basic terms used in ethics and the sub-domain of ethics known as professional ethics.
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To understand the basic concepts of medical ethics.
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To explore historical medical ethics documents such as the Hippocratic Corpus and Sun Si Miaos On the Absolute Sincerity of Great Physicians
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To apply these ethical considerations to real world situations.
Outline
April 2, 2023 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT (3 hrs)
Introduction and definitions used in ethics.
The basic concepts of medical ethics and discussion of real-world applications.
Discussion of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and its fallout.
Discussion of the Hippocratic Oath and Sun Si Miao's treatise, On the Absolute Sincerity.
Professional codes of ethics and the NCCAOM’s Code of Ethics. Real-world applications of ethical and legal principles.
Teacher
Greg Sperber
Dr. Greg Sperber is an author and also holds a Masters and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He is a professor at PCOM and speaks internationally on TCM business and drug-herb interactions.
Disclaimers
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Live Webinar
This event is a Live Webinar, and will be attended by online streaming.
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Unlimited Access & CEUS
You will have unlimited access to the event recordings for as long as they are on Net of Knowledge, so that you can keep reviewing and learning from over the years.
Live CEUs are only granted if you have attended the live session in full. If you miss part of the event, non-live CEUs may be made available, but are not guaranteed. Please check the course description to see whether this event provides non-live CEUs.
If non-live CEUs are made available, their number will often be less than the live CEUs, as recordings are edited and trimmed.
Non-live CEU requirements must be completed within 1 year from the purchase. During this time, you must view the training and complete any required documents to get your certificate. You must also print and save your certificate for your own records.
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Cancellation Policy
Please note we do not offer refunds for our recorded online courses/webinars.
If you missed your live event, you will be able to watch the recordings afterwards.