Physical therapy core values Questions and Answers

Physical therapy core values Questions and Answers What are the & core values of APTA? 1.Accountability 2.Altruism 3. Compassion 4.Excellence 5.Integrity 6.Professional duty 7. Social responsibility Accountability active acceptance of the responsibility of diverse roles, obligations, actions of the physical therapist including self awareness that positively impact the field. Altruism primary regard for the devotions to the interest of patient/client Compassion desire to identify with or sense something of anothers experience Excellence uses current knowledge and theory while understanding personal limits , integrates judgement, and the Integrity adherence to high ethical principles or professional Professional Duty commitment to meeting's one obligations to provide effective physical therapy services Social Responsibility promotion of mutual trust between the profession and the social community to respond to societal needs for health and wellness Professionalism physical therapists constantly demonstrate core values by applying concepts of altruism, excellence, caring, ethics, respect,.... House of Delegates & Vision 2020 Strategic plan to turn into a doctoring profession: -included: -DPT -Evidence based practice -Autonomous practice -Direct access -Practitioner choice - Professionalism Code of Ethics is based on what five roles of physical therapists? 1. define the ethical principles that form the foundation of physical therapist practice in patient/client management, consulation, education, research and administration 2. Provide standards of behavior and performance that form the basis of accountability 3. Provide guidance for physical therapists 4. educate physical therapists, students and other health care providers 5. establish the standards to see if a PT has behaved in an unethical way Code of Ethics 1-4 1. PTs shall respect the rights of individuals 2. Pts shall be compassionate in addressing the rights and needs of individuals 3. Pts shall be accountable for making sounds judgements 4. Pts shall demonstrate integrity with their patients, clients, peers, health care providers... Code of Ethics 5-8 5. PTs shall fufill their legal and professional obligation 6.PTs shall enhance their expertise through the lifelong acquisition and refinement of kowledge 7. Pts shall promote organizational behaviors... 8. PTs shall participate in efforts to meet the health needs of people locally Moral Principles of Professional Code of Ethics 1. Autonomy 2.Beneficence 3. Nonmaleficence 4. Justice Sub-category: 1. Veracity 2. Confidentiality 3. Fidelity Autonomy Do that which enables the patients or clients right to choose for ones life and to voice for as long as possible. Informed consent (the freedom to act on one's own behalf) Beneficence Do that which is best for your patient or client. Professionals are obliged to act in the best interests of the patient when the benefit to the patient outweighs the harm it may cause the professional. Non-maleficence Above all do no harm. Do not do anything that may cause harm, injury, disable or kill a person or undermine a person's reputation, property, privacy, or liability Justice act with fairness to all - distributive : equal distribution of goods, attention, to all members -compensatory: act to make up for past injustice - procedural: first come-first served basis Ethical Dilemma more difficult ethical decisions that deal which is better and which is worse - do I continue to treat and bill a terminally ill person when it has no real benefits but impacts his quality of day? Ethical Problem Examples : ethical temptation and ethical distress ethical temptation where we know what we should do but we don't want to do it, often because we can profit in some way Ethical distress where we know what we want to do but are constrained from doing it because of organizational policies and procedures