Risk Management Conference Series - Preventing & Managing Patient Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

December 14, 2022

Please join us to hear guest speaker Scott L. Mendlestein, Esq., as he discusses management of patient allegations of sexual misconduct, and how to prevent these cases from happening. 

Target Audience

Baptist Health medical staff physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, patient transporters, patient experience, security, human resource, hospital leaders and other interested clinical and non-clinical employees. 

Learning Objectives

  • Describe actions recognized as sexual misconduct. 
  • Identify at least two patient/hospital staff scenarios which may be perceived by patients as sexual misconduct.  
  • Demonstrate at least two measures they can implement to assist in preventing patient allegations of sexual misconduct.  
  • Learn about statutory requirements associated with patient allegations of sexual misconduct as well as Risk Management’s responsibility, in conjunction with other key parties, to manage these allegations.
     
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
11/13/2022
Course expires: 
01/27/2023
Event starts: 
12/14/2022 - 6:00pm EST
Event ends: 
12/14/2022 - 7:00pm EST
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Scott L. Mendlestein, Esq.
Attorney 
Coral Gables, Florida

Scott L. Mendlestein, faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible Companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

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 live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-972330, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit hour for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Social Work and Pharmacists and techs. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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