California Medical Ethics and Professionalism (ME-22 CA) - (Aug 22 - 23, 2026)

California Medical Ethics and Professionalism (ME-22 CA) is organized by Professional Boundaries Education (PBI) and will be held from Aug 22 - 23, 2026.

Description:
Designed specifically for California licensees, this comprehensive course addresses and remediates issues rooted in lack of adherence to laws, rules, guidelines, codes, or policies. Participants arrive at the seminar primed by the pre-course readings, assignments, and self-assessment exercises—springboards for the process of introspection and self-critique. During the course, participants examine how and why their professional practices, responses to stress, and personal or situational factors initially put them at risk for exercising poor judgment or rationalizing improper behavior. During the course, each participant develops a Personalized Protection Plan©, an action plan they will implement to prevent future lapses in judgement. Participants present their plan at the conclusion of the course as their final oral examination to the faculty and class in a peer-review format.

Learning Objectives:

• Comply with standards of practice and codes of ethics
• Improve clinical decision making by minimizing negative influencers
• Adhere to professional ethics with resultant improvements in professional-patient interaction, which can improve clinical outcomes
• Reduce their potential transgressions through the development of systems that can be implemented into clinical practice
• Become aware of the early warning signs indicative of ethical dilemmas and boundary problems
• Create an ethics-based Formula© and implement a tiered Personalized Protection Plan to maintain ethical integrity

Reasons for Referral:

• Breaking laws, rules, or codes
• Driving under the influence (DUI/DWI)
• Financial improprieties (Fraud, inappropriate billing, over diagnosing, overtreating, waiving copays)
• HIPAA or confidentiality violations
• Misrepresentation (Cheating, falsification, inaccurate or inappropriate advertising, lying or omission of information)