Presenter: Rebecca Brendel, MD
Online CME Credit
Fee: $50.00
Provides 1.00 hour(s) of CE/CME credit (Presented on February 15, 2019, Reviewed June 28, 2023; Expires July 30, 2025)
An Overview and Update of The Goldwater Rule
Overview
The purpose of this activity is to improve the clinicians' ability to identify the contours of the Goldwater Rule and Appreciate the ethical and professional underpinnings of the rule.
Learning Objectives
Following participation in this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the contours of the Goldwater Rule
- Appreciate the ethical and professional underpinnings of the rule
- Develop strategies for engaging in public education about mental health diagnosis and treatment consistent with APA's ethics
Instructions for receiving CME/CE credit:
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Accreditation Designation Statements
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the Nevada Psychiatric Association. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education Credit
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine approves this program for 1.00 hour(s) of nursing continuing education credit.
This program provides 1 credit toward the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners' requirement for 2 hours of training related to ethics, pain management, or addiction care during each licensure period.
As an accredited provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. In order to assure that information is presented in a scientific and objective manner, The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine requires that anyone in a position to control or influence the content of an accredited activity disclose all financial relationships within the prior 24 months with any commercial or proprietary entity producing health care goods or services relevant to the content being planned or presented. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. Following are those disclosures.
All other presenters, planners or anyone in a position to control the content of this continuing medical education activity have indicated that they do not have financial relationships with ineligible companies related to the content of this activity.
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American Psychiatric Association: Goldwater Rule's Origins Based on Long-Ago Controversy Council on Ethical & Judicial Affairs (CEJA) Reports by Year