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ForwardHuman Dignity in Healthcare
Dignity is viewed as a universal concept in health sciences and a feature necessary to promote health and alleviate suffering related to sickness and impending death. The experience of dignity is significantly meaningful in people’s lives and may be a resource for personal health and well-being. Adopting evidence-based interventions supported by adequate theoretical backing can help enhance patient dignity in hospital and community settings.
In this course, Dr. Richard B. Gunderman reviews past offenses against human dignity, outlines the costs of failure to respect human dignity, and explores ways to promote human dignity in healthcare.
Target Audience
Physicians, physician assistants/physician associates, nurses, allied health professionals, students, pharmacists, administrators, and other healthcare professionals interested in participating.
Learning Objectives
- Examine historical and contemporary offenses against human dignity within medical and healthcare contexts.
- Assess the ethical, clinical, and societal consequences of failing to uphold human dignity in patient care, including impacts on trust, health outcomes, and professional integrity.
- Formulate evidence-based, patient-centered strategies to actively safeguard and promote human dignity across diverse healthcare settings and professional interactions.
Faculty
Richard B. Gunderman, M.D., Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor, IU Indianapolis
John A. Campbell Professor of Radiology
Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Medical Education
Professor of Philosophy, School of Liberal Arts
Professor of Medical Humanities & Health Studies, School of Liberal Arts
Indiana State University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Non-clinical content disclosure statement
Due to the non-clinical nature of the content discussed, the speaker has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
This CME activity will not cover content that would involve products or services of ineligible companies; therefore, no opportunity exists for a conflict of interest based on the financial relationships of faculty and/or persons in control of content. Since these relationships are not relevant, no disclosure information was collected.
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.25 General certificate of attendance
- 1.25 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
- 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
- 1.25 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Required Hardware/Software
PC/Mac Users
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Mobile Users
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- Apple iOS mobile devices running iOS 10 or later
- Android mobile devices running Android 4.4 or later, with the latest release of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
Technical Support
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