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Ethics for Professionals - OT Assistant


Ethics for Professionals 200

Ethics in the Practice of Occupational Therapy


2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Give 1 definition of ethics as it is related to the field of OT.
  • Define the difference between an ethical dilemma and ethical distress.
  • When presented with or confronted with a specific ethical problem, identify the ethical principle that must be considered in practice and that relate to AOTA and/of NBCOT Principles of Ethics.
  • List and explain at 4 professional behaviors that reflect the issues that members of AOTA frequently raise.
  • Following the process of ethical decision making, determine how to handle a particular situation with consideration of the principles of the Code of Ethics.
  • Become familiar with the general rules governing the practice of OT

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Stephanie Lancaster, OTR

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Ethics for Professionals 105

Informed Consent


1.0

$19.00 USD

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  • Describe three basic legal concepts that led to the doctrine of informed consent.
  • Describe three approaches to determining the disclosure standard for judging that a patient or client has been informed.
  • Discuss three major aspects of the process of obtaining informed consent.
  • Distinguish "general consent" from "special consent" documents.
  • Differentiate between the never-competent and once-competent patient or client and the challenges posed by each in regard to informed consent.
  • Compare informed consent as it is used in health care practice and in human studies research.
  • Describe some considerations one must always take into account to be sure one is being culturally competent and honoring cultural difference when informed consent is the standard.

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Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

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Ethics for Professionals 104

Ethics of Confidential Information


2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Define the terms confidential information and confidentiality.
  • Identify the relationship of a patient's legal right to privacy with his reasonable expectations regarding confidential information.
  • Describe how the telling and keeping of secrets is relevant to understanding the importance of confidentiality.
  • Discuss the ethical norms involved in keeping and breaking professional confidences.
  • Name five general legal exceptions to the professional standard of practice that confidences should not be broken.
  • Consider practical options that a professional can take when faced with the possibility of breaking a confidence.
  • Discuss some important aspects of documentation that affect confidentiality.
  • Compare ethical issues of confidentiality traditionally conceived with those that have arisen because of computerized medical records and patient care information systems.
  • Describe the key ethical strengths and challenges of the recent U.S. federal regulations related to privacy considerations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).
  • Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics
  • Review and become familiar with the TX PT Rules
  • Read case scenarios illustrating ethical decision making

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Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

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Ethics for Professionals 103

The Analysis of Ethical Problems in Professional Life


1.0

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  • Identify six steps in the analysis of ethical problems encountered in everyday professional life and how each plays a part in arriving at a caring response.
  • Describe the central role of narrative and virtue theories in gathering relevant information for a caring response.
  • List four areas of inquiry that will be useful when gathering relevant information to make sure you have the story straight.
  • Describe the role of conduct-related ethical theories and approaches in arriving at a caring response.
  • Describe why imagination is an essential aspect of seeking out the practical alternatives in an ethically challenging situation.
  • Discuss how courage assists you in a caring response.
  • Identify two benefits of taking time to reflect on and evaluate the action afterward.
  • Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics
  • Become familiar with the Guide to Professional Conduct for PT's

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Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

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Ethics for Professionals 102

Ethical Problems, Ethical Distress and Ethical Dilemma's


2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Identify the goal of professional ethics activity.
  • Describe the basic idea of a caring response and some ways this response in a professional relationship is distinguished from expressions of care in other types of relationships.
  • Identify three component parts of any ethical problem.
  • Describe what an agent is and, more importantly, what it is to be a moral agent.
  • Name the three prototypical ethical problems.
  • Describe the role of emotions in ethical distress.
  • Distinguish between two varieties of ethical distress.
  • Compare the fundamental difference between ethical distress and an ethical dilemma.
  • Define ethical paternalism or parentalism.
  • Describe a type of ethical dilemma that challenges a professionals desire (and duty) to treat everyone fairly and equitably.
  • Identify the fundamental difference between distress or dilemma problems and locus of authority problems.
  • Identify four criteria that will assist you in deciding who should assume authority for a specific ethical decision to achieve a caring response.
  • Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics
  • Become familiar with the Guide to Professional Conduct for PT
  • Indiana PTs - become familiar with the IN PT Rules and Practice Act
  • Texas PTs - become familiar with the TX PT Rules and Practice Act
  • Utah PTs - become familiar with the UT PT Rules and Practice Act

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Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

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Ethics for Professionals 101

Morality and Ethics in Professional Practice


1.0

$19.00 USD

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  • Define morality and ethics and distinguish between the two
  • Describe three moralities that health professionals must integrate into their own moral life
  • Identify some major sources of moral beliefs in Western societies
  • Distinguish between an ethical issue and ethical problem
  • List three ways that ethics is useful in everyday professional practice
  • Describe what material cooperation entails
  • Identify some mechanisms available to protect the personal moral convictions of health professionals

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Paul Powers, DC, DABCN

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Ethics and Aging 201
Challenges to the Received View

2.0

$38.00 USD

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Hour 1
  • Summarize the history of ethics and aging
  • Define the “Four Principles” approach to bioethics
  • Describe how the focus on autonomy influences medical care for the aging
  • Explain why a singular emphasis on autonomy undermines self-respect and self-identity
Hour 2
  • Define “Relational” autonomy
  • Explain how a feminist ethic informs the concept of autonomy
  • Summarize the use of the narrative framework in the development of an individual morality
  • Describe communicative ethics

Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 208
Ethics in Focus

2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Explain patient informed consent to intervention
  • List the requirements of sufficient informed consent
  • Describe pertinent considerations in life and death decision making including euthanasia
  • Recognize issues of nondiscrimination against participants in health care delivery
  • Explain pro bono health care services
  • Outline professional practice issues of financial responsibility and gifts
  • Summarize the ethical issues of impaired providers and intra and inter-professional relations
  • Define the ethical issues in research and the informed consent process

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Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 207

Legal and Ethical Issues in Education


1.0

$19.00 USD

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  • Summarize the major federal statutes regulating education
  • Discuss federal education law derived from constitutional protections
  • Outline a risk management strategy for academic discipline in health professional educational programs
  • Assess liability for student conduct in the clinical setting
  • Outline procedures to minimize liability when incorporating students in the clinical setting

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Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 206
Business Law and Ethics

2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Summarize the antitrust laws
  • Discuss the importance of the attorney – heath care professional client relationship
  • Define the elements of a binding contract
  • Explain breach of contract and possible contractual remedies
  • Describe the various forms of business organization
  • Outline the good Samaritan laws
  • Recognize the requirements for HIPAA compliance
  • Assess the necessity and limitations of professional liability insurance

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Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 205

Ethical and Legal Issues in Employment


2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Differentiate employment at will versus employment under contract
  • Summarize the history of federal regulation of labor – management relations
  • Describe the five major sections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
  • Recognize sexual harassment in the workplace
  • Define “ordinary reasonable person” as it pertains to sexual harassment
  • Differentiate the vicarious liability of an employer relative to employees and independent contractors
  • Explain the considerations in writing a letter of recommendation
  • Outline the requirements for an enforceable restrictive covenant

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Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 204
Intentional Wrongs

2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • Describe the concept of intentional torts
  • Differentiate assault and battery
  • Define defamation, slander and libel
  • Summarize the mandatory reporting requirements for health care professionals
  • Outline the four principle forms of invasion of privacy
  • Classify the types of criminal activity 
  • Describe the steps in a criminal prosecution
  • Explain the classifications of homicide

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Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 203

The Law of Health Care Malpractice


2.0

$38.00 USD

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  • List the external and internal factors affecting the exposure to malpractice liability
  • Describe the legal basis for imposing malpractice liability of a patient injury
  • Define the concept of abandonment
  • Outline the four elements needed to prove malpractice
  • Compare and contrast ordinary negligence versus professional negligence
  • Explain vicarious liability
  • Summarize defenses to malpractice actions
  • Describe the importance of patient care documentation

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Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 202
Ethical Foundations

1.0

$19.00 USD

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  • Differentiate morals and ethics
  • Explain the purpose of professional codes of ethics
  • Compare and contrast legal and professional health care ethics
  • Define situational ethics
  • Identify the four principles of biomedical ethics

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Richard Saporito, DC

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Ethical Awareness 201

Legal Foundations


1.0

$19.00 USD

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  • Describe the basis of the American legal system
  • Compare and contrast constitutional, statutory, common and administrative law
  • List the differences between criminal and civil law
  • Explain the civil litigation explosion
  • Summarize tort reform

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Richard Saporito, DC

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