Standard of Care
discusses the legal view of standard of care and six common misconceptions about the standard of care; based on two articles in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1 credit hour)
Learning Objectives
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Define standard of care in dentistry and describe how it is created and interpreted
- Identify practice patterns that are questionable based on the legal definition of standard of care and the ethical values that are associated with them.
Please Review the Following Articles:
Reference
Arthur W. Curley and Bruce Peltier, Standard of Care: The Legal View, Journal of the American College of Dentists, 2014, 81(1), 53-58.
Standard of Care Misconceptions
Reference
Larry E. Jenson, Six Common Misconceptions about the Standard of Care in Dentistry, Journal of the American College of Dentists, 2014, 81(1), 59-63.