Providing safe virtual care: a deeper dive

This webinar will address more specific medico-legal considerations in virtual care, including licensing concerns, limitations for providing out-of-country virtual care, and virtual care for involuntary psychiatric assessments.

Key elements

• Be mindful of the limitations of virtual care
• Communication is key with virtual care
• The standard of care is the same whether care is delivered in person or virtually
• Be familiar with your regulatory authority’s guidelines for virtual care

Learning objectives

Upon completion, you will be able to:

1. Identify key concepts from the previous webinar, “Providing safe virtual care”, including standard of care, consent, and documentation
2. Identify licensing concerns for virtual care
3. Describe the limitations for providing virtual care if the physician or the patient are out of the country
4. Describe the concept of virtual care for involuntary psychiatric assessments

Delivery mode

• Synchronous (join the live webinar)
• Asynchronous (watch the webinar recording)

Credits

Synchronous learning

This 1-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 1.0 Mainpro+ credit.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CMPA. You may claim a maximum of 1 hour (credits are automatically calculated).

Asynchronous learning

You may claim 1 credit for watching the video of a CMPA webinar under Mainpro+® (Maintenance of Proficiency): Non-certified activities: Self-Learning: Online learning (videos, podcasts).

(Any non-certified activity is generally eligible for one non-certified credit per hour).

You may claim 0.5 credit for watching the video of a CMPA webinar under the Maintenance of Certification Program (MOC): Section 2: Self-Learning: Scanning (Podcasts, audio, video).

Duration

30-40 minutes of presentation and 20-30 minutes of discussion

Scheduled events

NOTE: Cases used in presentations are used for educational purposes and are based on actual events. They have been modified and/or anonymized to protect privacy. Please do not photograph, record, or disseminate cases.

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