200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | GRADED A+
Standards for Continuing Competence - Answer: developed by AOTA to provide OT
practitioners with expectations for the process of continuing competence
reflection, planning, learning, evaluating - Answer: continuing professional
development includes a four stage cycle of what four practices?
professional service - Answer: providing a service requiring specialized knowledge
and skill usually of a mental or intellectual nature and usually requiring a license,
certification, or other registration
responsible - Answer: one is for the duty to control their service provided
accountable - Answer: one is for explaining the services they provided
liable - Answer: one 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 - Answer: this 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 - Answer: this 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 - Answer: this 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 - Answer: this 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 - Answer: what are a
few of the common contributing injuries which lead to work accidents?
malpractice - Answer: improper 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 - Answer: act that codified patient privacy and confidentiality rights
privacy - Answer: this 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 - Answer: this 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 - Answer: protected 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 - Answer: a process involving the examination of current