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Description:
This Schwartz Rounds will review the definitions of capacity and competency,  how we conduct capacity assessments and the various challenging ethical and legal considerations when it comes to assessing capacity.  

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1|Describe the legal definition of capacity
2|Describe how a capacity assessment is conducted
3|Recognize the ethical principles involved in capacity cases 

Faculty

Reva Kleppel, MSW, MPH
Department of Medicine
Baystate Medical Center

Panelists: 

Peter Depergola II, PhD, ThDc, MTS, HEC-C
Chief Ethics Officer/Sr Dir Clinical Ethics

Sonia Riyaz, MD
Psychiatrist-Consultation 

Jamie Verdi, JD, LLM, CPHRM
Sr Dir Clin Safety & Risk Mgmt

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

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

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.