Ethics and Ethical Standards for Doctors (USA) is a CPD course designed to help physicians understand, apply, and evidence ethical principles in clinical and professional practice.

In the United States, doctors are regulated by state medical boards, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), and guided by national standards such as the American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Medical Ethics. These bodies consistently emphasise that medical practice must rest on honesty, integrity, fairness, and respect for patient autonomy.

This course explores core ethical principles — autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice — as well as professional standards expected of doctors in areas such as informed consent, confidentiality, communication, probity, and digital professionalism. Learners will study regulator expectations, analyse case studies of ethical dilemmas, and develop strategies for embedding ethics into lifelong professional identity.