SETTING THE STANDARDS
Each ELM Course Unit begins with a series of learning objectives that must be satisfied to obtain Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit. By testing mastery of these objectives, the ELM Learning Process verifies participant success. If the standards are not met, the Targeted Feedback System provides supplemental material and testing to ensure standards achievement.

For example, ELM Learning Objectives cover the following:

Patient/Provider Relationship

· Identify when this relationship exists
· Understand its legal implications
· Recognize its dissolution, without implication of abandonment
· Understand variations of this relationship, specifically employers and non-patients "Error" and "Negligence"
· Define the nature and scope of a provider's duty in applying medical methodology to collect and utilize diagnostic data
· Distinguish between Error and Negligence

Informed Consent

· Identify the essential elements
· Understand the scope of the patient's rights to decline treatment
· Define the requirements of confidential communications
· Understand legally required disclosures about treatment

Patient Records

· Define the elements of good documentation
· Identify possession and ownership of medical records
· Understand requirements for protecting the confidentiality of records

Multiple Provider Environments

· Identify the roles, relationships and responsibilities of attending and specialty physicians

Patient Compliance

· Identify the scope of a patient's obligation to cooperate and comply with the healthcare provider's efforts and instructions