Components of Ethics in Healthcare is organized by HomeCEU.
Course Description:
Staying up to date on all the parameters of ethics within the healthcare setting seems to be more complicated each year. As clinical professionals, we are first responsible to upholding our respective code of ethics and standards of practice. But we are also held accountable to our organizations policies and procedures which are often federally mandated, to include additional ethical requirements and responsibilities to work within the given guidelines.
This course covers the required code of ethics for occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language pathologists and massage therapists. In addition, we will review topics that are further required per specific state licensure boards and the healthcare organization’s specific ethical issues, for which we must be compliant. It all comes together with an evidence based decision-making model to utilize in a variety of workplace scenarios.
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional on the facts required for following their respective code of ethics and the decision-model to determine best actions.
Course Objectives:
• List basic principles from the definition of ethics and their application to rehabilitation and healthcare.
• Identify codes of ethics that govern occupational therapy practice.
• Identify codes of ethics that govern physical therapy practice.
• Identify codes of ethics that govern speech pathology therapy practice.
• Identify codes of ethics that govern massage therapy practice.
• Identify ethics in healthcare and professional licensing including that which is considered unethical and/or unlawful by credentialing boards.
• List procedures for analyzing ethical dilemmas in healthcare through the decision making process.
• List the components in the final memory phrase as recommendations to avoid ethical dilemmas.