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Ethics for Physical Therapists and Assistants: Summary
Ethics for Physical Therapists and Assistants 3 Contact Hours
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Author Ron W. Scott, PT, EdD, JD, LLM, MA (Spanish), MSBA, MSPT, Esq.
Ron Scott is a Texas-licensed attorney-counsel to PTs and health and business professionals, and an attorney- mediator, based in San Antonio, Texas. His passions for teaching and learning focus on facilitating doctoral students’ development of higher-order critical analytical legal and ethicolegal skill sets, requisite for successful clinical practice, patient outcomes, liability risk management, and the advancement of healthcare professions, professionals and patients.
LEARNING OUTCOMES ● Discuss the purpose and the principles of the Code of Ethics for the physical therapist and explain how these principles affect the practice, ideology, and implementation of the duties performed by the physical therapist ● Summarize the core values, their definitions, as well as the sample indicators; explain how these values fundamentally shape professionalism within the physical therapy profession ● Recite the standards of ethical conduct for the physical therapist and the physical therapy assistant and summarize how these standards apply within daily practice
● Define and describe relevant ethical ideals and practices, such as nonmaleficence, justice, and autonomy, and how these—and other ideals— pertain to the practice of physical therapy ● Discuss examples of federal statutory laws and state regulatory directives and give examples of each ● Describe the HIPAA federal privacy statute and how this statute affects the decision-making process of physical therapists and physical therapy assistants
SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
1. The commitment to meeting one’s obligations to provide effective physical therapy services to patients/clients, to serve the profession, and to positively influence the health of society is known as: a. Integrity b. Professional duty c. Accountability d. Altruism 2. Physical therapists should demonstrate integrity in their relationship with: a. Patients and clients b. Families c. Colleagues and employers d. All the above
3. The North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement is an example of which ethical obligations? a. Federal treaty obligations b. Federal constitutional standards c. Federal statutes d. Judicial case law decisions 4. Informed consent helps to promote which ethical concept? a. Justice b. Patient autonomy c. Beneficence d. Nonmaleficence
ANSWERS: 1: B
2 : D
3: A
4: B
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