Course Description
Course Description:
Physical therapists use ethics to examine issues and human behaviors based on values. Ethics involves making decisions about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and otherwise providing a justification for an ethical decision (Doherty & Purtilo, 2016). Because clinical judgments are value laden, ethics figures strongly in the professional lives of physical therapy practitioners. Across all practice, educational, and research settings, physical therapy practitioners face issues that involve ethical questions. To navigate ethical issues, physical therapy practitioners in Tennessee need to be knowledgeable and skilled in ethical decision making. They need to understand their ethical and legal responsibilities under the APTA Code of Ethics for Physical Therapists (APTA, 2020a), the APTA Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant (2020b), and Tennessee’s physical therapy practice act, which is found under Tennessee Code Title 63, Chapter 13, Occupational and Physical Therapy Practice Act (State of Tennessee, 2020; Tennessee Board of Physical Therapy, n.d.).
Although ethics education has recently become better integrated into physical therapy education, many educators believe that increasing professional autonomy and independence in clinical decision making and judgments have left physical therapists facing increasingly complex ethical issues, creating a gap between ethics knowledge and practice (Delaney et al., 2010).
This intermediate-level course provides an updated primer on the study of ethics and ethical behaviors as they apply to physical therapy practice, as well as updated information on relevant Tennessee laws and rules.
Contact Hours: 2
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: IntermediateAccreditation Information:
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Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional on the study of ethics and ethical behaviors as they apply to physical therapy practice, as well as updated information on relevant Tennessee laws and rules.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the differences and commonalities among morality, values, ethics, and the law.
- Describe the purpose and limitations of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Code of Ethics for Physical Therapists.
- Describe ethical theories and principles that can guide the physical therapy practitioner in making an ethical decision.
- Evaluate ethical issues based on an ethical decision-making model.
- Discuss the rules and laws governing physical therapy practice in Tennessee.
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 2 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Criteria for Completion: Depending on your state requirements you will be asked to complete either: An affirmation that you have completed the educational activity or a mandatory test (a passing score of 70 percent is required). Test questions link content to learning objectives as a method to enhance individualized learning and material retention. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.
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Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Bruce H. Greenfield, PT, PhD, FNAP, FAPTA is employed by Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgiand receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.
Authors:
Bruce H. Greenfield, PT, PhD, FNAP, FAPTA
Bruce H. Greenfield, PT, PhD, FNAP (Fellow National Academies of Practice), FAPTA, is a professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has been on the faculty since 1985. He is a senior fellow in the Emory University Center for Ethics, and affiliated faculty, Certificate Program Disability, Health and Culture. He is a member of the Emory University Hospital Ethics Committee. Dr. Greenfield holds a bachelor of arts degree from Oglethorpe University; a certificate in physical therapy and master of medical science degree, both from Emory University; and a PhD in higher education from Georgia State University. He subsequently received an additional master’s degree in bioethics from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Greenfield was appointed by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Board of Directors to serve on the APTA Ethics and Judicial Committee. He currently chairs that committee. He also chairs the Research Committee of the Physical Therapy Association of Georgia and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Physical Therapy Education and the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy. Dr. Greenfield’s influential writings on ethics in physical therapy have twice been recognized by the APTA section on Education as recipient of its prestigious Stanford Award. His scholarship focuses on strategies to improve patient-centered care, including the development of an ethics of care based on phenomenology that contains practical steps to help clinicians understand the values and concerns of apatient living with disabilities as those values emerge and change over time.
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