Contemporary Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine - Internal Medicine
L3 Clerkships 2011-2012

12 weeks (Six Topics)

1. Wellness Programs –Legal & Fair?
2. Medical Care for the Elderly – end of life, abuse, cost
3. Informed consent
4. Enhancement therapy

Wellness Programs –Legal & Fair?

Read Policy Forum Wellness Programs: Legality, Fairness, and Relevance from Virtual Mentor, January 2008
           http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/01/pdf/pfor1-0801.pdf

Read First, Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy from Virtual Mentor, November 2008
           http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/11/conl1-0811.html

Read Practicing Preventive Medicine through Preventive Employment Practices from Virtual mentor, November, 2008
           http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/11/hlaw1-0811.html

Take Wellness Programs Quiz

Medical Care for the Elderly- end of life, elder abuse, cost of long term care:

Read Family-Centered Decision Making from Virtual Mentor, June 2008
          http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/06/ccas1-0806.html

Read Preventing and Detecting Elder Mistreatment from Virtual Mentor, June 2008
           http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/06/cprl2-0806.html

Louisiana Laws on Elder Abuse:

Revised Statutes

RS 15:1504 Parts A & B - Mandatory reporting
RS 15:1505 - Agency to Receive Reporting
RS 14:403.2 - Abuse and Neglect of Adults

Read The Strains and Drains of Long-Term Care from Virtual Mentor, June 2008
           http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/06/pfor1-0806.html

Take Medical Care for the Elderly Quiz

Informed Consent

Review LSU Interim Hospital Policy #5016 Informed Consent:
           www.MCLNO.org
           Click on intranet log on and type in LSUHSC user name & password
           Go to Policy #5016 Informed Consent
           Review the following Sections & exhibits:
                      SECI Policy Statement-Please Note- emergency exception
                      SEC II Purpose
                      SEC IV Consent  Medical and Surgical…and Exhibit I and IV
                      SEC V  General Consent and Exhibit III
                      SEC VI Please note: Medical students….

Read Informed Consent: When & Why from Virtual Mentor, August 2008
            http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/08/ccas2-0808.html

Read How Much Information Is Enough? from Virtual Mentor, August 2008
            http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/08/ccas4-0808.html

Read Weighing the Duty to Inform a Patient of Possible Future Illness from Virtual Mentor, September 2008
            http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/09/ccas3-0809.html

Take Informed Consent Quiz

Enhancement Therapy

Read Prescribing in the Absence of Medical Need from Virtual Mentor September 2008
              http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/09/ccas1-0809.html

Take Enhancement Therapy Quiz