The COVID-19 pandemic unprecedented restrictions on allowing visitors in medical settings were deemed necessary to protect patients and healthcare workers in the face of a novel pathogen with unknown transmission risks, high morbidity/mortality, overwhelmed healthcare systems, and limited personal protective equipment. As time went on, however, clear evidence emerged regarding the unintended harms of visitor restrictions, while evidence demonstrating the necessity of such restrictions for protecting the health of patients and HCWs remained lacking. Even now, many visitor policies are not as accommodating as they were pre-COVID, threatening patient- and family-centered care and raising ethical concerns about determining the proper balance between protecting public health and fulfilling clinicians ethical obligations to individual patients. Explore these points and more in ACP’s ethics case study, Why Can t I Be There? Ethics Regarding Restrictions on Visitation/Family Caregiver Presence.
- Provider:American College of Physicians
- Activity Link: https://www.acponline.org/
- Start Date: 2024-04-19 05:00:00
- End Date: 2024-04-19 05:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 0.75 hours
- MOC Credit Details: ABIM - 0.75 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
- Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: No, it's free
- Measured Outcome: Learner Competence, Learner Knowledge
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Internal Medicine