Date & Location
Monday, April 6, 2020, 3:13 PM - Thursday, April 6, 2023, 4:13 PM

Course Overview

Unprecedented times demand expertise to inform decisions, guide behavior, and shape disrupted business practices. Zeke Emanuel and colleagues present their latest work to address COVID-19 issues from ethics and policy perspectives.

There was no commercial support used in the development of this educational activity.

Content last reviewed: April 6, 2020



Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:


  1. Describe what is the coronavirus (COVID-19)
  2. Review and assess what other pandemics have occurred in the past 125 years
  3. Determine what supplies and capacity are needed to treat those with COVID-19, such as personal protective equipment (PPE), ICU beds, and ventilators
  4. Explain how decisions about who receives scarce resources made

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Penn Medicine 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.  

All activities listed on this transcript have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance / Participation (1.50 hours), Patient Safety/Risk Management PSRM (1.50 hours)