All-Ohio Medical School Opioid Use Disorder Collaborative Curriculum

This session will describe how maintaining boundaries is an essential clinical skill based on ethical requirements​. Patient safety will be discussed, including how to have difficult conversations with patients.

Instructional Strategy: Lecture/Discussion, 1 hour

Learning Objectives

1. Define professional boundaries ​
2. List clinical situations when boundaries may be threatened ​
3. Describe a “physician centered approach” to such situations

Author: Theodore Parran, MD

School: Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)