200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Standards for Continuing Competence - - Answedeveloped by AOTA to provide OT practitioners with
expectations for the process of continuing competence
reflection, planning, learning, evaluating - - Answecontinuing professional development includes a four
stage cycle of what four practices?
professional service - - Answeproviding a service requiring specialized knowledge and skill usually of a
mental or intellectual nature and usually requiring a license, certification, or other registration
responsible - - Answeone is ________ for the duty to control their service provided
accountable - - Answeone is _______ for explaining the services they provided
liable - - Answeone is ________, or legally responsible, to provide a standard of care and appropriate
behavior defined in state licensure laws and in AOTA's official documents
vicarious liability - - Answethis liability is where an employer or supervisor can be found liable for harm
caused by their employees; this is a reason why it is important to remain focused & avoid distractions
when supervising or providing services
professional liability insurance - - Answethis protects the policyholder by providing legal defense
resources, as well as paying claims and compensatory judgements up to the limitations of its policy
, occurrence policy - - Answethis is a liability insurance policy that protects any covered incident during
the policy period, even after the policy has expired or been canceled; this is most desirable, but may not
be available in all states
claims made policy - - Answethis is a liability insurance policy that only covers claims made when the
policy is in effect
- not working within appropriate scope of practice
- not working under or providing appropriate supervision
- not effectively and clearly communicating with the client and the medical team
- failing to provide a safe environment
- operating outside organizational policy/procedures - - Answewhat are a few of the common
contributing injuries which lead to work accidents?
malpractice - - Answeimproper or unethical conduct or unreasonable lack of skill by a holder of
professional or official position; results in negligent or unskillful performance of duties when
professional skills are obligatory
HIPAA - - Answeact that codified patient privacy and confidentiality rights
privacy - - Answethis term implies the right of patients to be left alone, free from intrusion, and to
choose whether or not to share one's self
confidentiality - - Answethis term refers to information or data about the patient, which implies a trust
in private communications that the practitioner will not disclose patient information to others
name, address, all elements of dates related to individual, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email
address, social security numbers, medical record number, health plan beneficiary number, account
number, certificate or license number, any vehicle identifiers, device identifiers, URLs, IP addresses,
finger or voice print, photographic image, any other identifying number/characteristic - -
Answeprotected health information (PHI) is the patient information that is protected by the HIPAA
Privacy Rule. To de-identify PHI, there are 18 identifiers that must be removed. Name a few
continuing competence - - Answea process involving the examination of current competence and the
development capacity for the future