Patient Autonomy – The Right to Make Bad Decisions

Pittsburgh, PA US
June 4, 2025

A discussion on the motivations and needs of patients who do not see eye-to-eye with their clinicians. Often when patients disagree with a recommendation or refuses a specific treatment, the healthcare team questions patient capacity; but patients needn’t be lacking decisional capacity to disagree with experts.

Target Audience

RNs / SW / Health Coaches / Pharmacy/Paramedics / EMTs and CCM

Learning Objectives

Participants should be able to define the various principles of bioethics and care ethics

Participants should be able to describe concepts of shared decision-making and patient-centered care

Participants should be able to apply skills in balancing patient wishes and clinical obligations

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
03/06/2025
Course expires: 
07/06/2025
Event starts: 
06/04/2025 - 10:37am EDT
Event ends: 
06/04/2025 - 3:37pm EDT
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Program Agenda:   

Program begins at 10  ☐am  ☒pm and ends at 11  ☐am  ☒pm.    Total Education Time = 1 Hour(s)

TIME

CONTENT

PRESENTER

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Define and examine concepts of decision making capacity and patient-centered care in order to explore through case discussion the motivations and needs of patients who do not see eye-to-eye with their clinicians. 

 

Rebekah Apple

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UPMC Health Plan
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States

Rebekah Apple, MA, DHSc

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Pharmacy (CPE) 

This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit(s). 

Nursing (CNE) 

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour(s). 

CCM CE will be provided: 1.0 CE - Ethics CCM COA will be sent via email from UPMC Health Plan nurse planner approximately 6-8 weeks following the live date of the course. 

This activity is eligible for endorsed credit for UPMC Health Plan EMTs and Paramedics.  Complete ETHOS course work, obtain the attendance certificate, and submit to EMS governing body for 1.0 CE credit(s). 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit(s). 

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

NOTE:  Paramedic/EMT CE is approved for any activity in which ANCC (nursing CE) is approved.  This is per Heather Bogdon and Christie Hempfling 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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