Course Overview
This course 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.
Course Objectives
- To understand basic terms used in ethics and the sub-domain of ethics known as professional ethics.
- To understand the basic concepts of medical ethics.
- To explore historical medical ethics documents such as the Hippocratic Corpus and Sun Si Miaos On the Absolute Sincerity of Great Physicians
- To apply these ethical considerations to real world situations.
Course Outline
0 hrs - 30 minIntroduction and definitions used in ethics.
30 min - 1.5 hrsThe basic concepts of medical ethics and discussion of real world applications.
1.5 hrs - 2 hrsDiscussion of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and its fall out.
2 hrs - 2.5 hrsDiscussion of the Hippocratic Oath and Sun Si Miaos treatise, On the Absolute Sincerity.
2.5 hrs - 3 hrsProfessional codes of ethics and the NCCAOM’s Code of Ethics.
3 hrs - 4 hrsReal world applications of ethical and legal principles.
Teacher
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.
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Approved by: NCCAOM, IVAS, Standard Certificate,
Course Type: Recorded Webinar
Course Length: 4 Hrs.
Course Credits: 4 CPD
Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.
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