Risk Management in Chiropractic (6 Hours)
Tuition: $99
Instructor
Course Description
This is a six-hour self-paced distance based course designed to assist health care providers in identifying and managing the medical legal risks associated with staff interactions with patients. Areas of potential risk from employee interactions are explored with additional information on reducing or eliminating these risks.
Evaluation
Requirements:
Six-hours of study and the successful completion of online examinations.
Evaluation:
This on-line program is scored as a Pass/Fail class. If you do not pass the class on your first attempt you will be directed to specific reading by the instructor and provided the opportunity to successfully complete the class. This class requires you to log in the time and obtain 75% of the possible points to receive credit for the class.
Outline
| Hour | Topic |
| ONE | Introduction to risk management as it relates to health care staff members interaction with patient populations. Legal terminology and concepts are explored. |
| TWO | Patient interaction and professional boundary issues, including physical contact between staff and patients during care. |
| THREE | Staff and patient rights and responsibilities related to professional boundary issues, identification of warning signs of inappropriate activity, and prevention tactics regarding professional boundaries are explored. |
| FOUR | Identification of the cognitive domains required for the safe application of therapeutic modalities. |
| FIVE | Practical applications of risk management related to staff patient interactions during the applications of physiotherapy modalities. |
| SIX | Active care programming risk issues, practical applications of risk management as this applies to active care, including misapplication of exercise prescriptions. |
Objectives
- Identify and develop a plan of action regarding the prevention of risk management issues associated with staff patient interactions
- Understand how supervisors will be held responsible for the actions of their staff members
- Identify what professional rules are as they relate to practice obligations
- Learn the key cultural factors that can influence patient care
- Provide a staff hand out on professionalism in the work place
- Identify staff responsibilities regarding sexual harassment
- Identify common sources of sexual harassment
- Learn how to resolve behaviors associated with professional boundary violations
- Discuss the definition, principles, goals, and objectives of physiotherapy (passive care) procedures
- Define "adjunctive care" as it applies to the health care arena.
- Learn about potential legal issues associated with physiotherapy
- Learn indications of when to withhold physiotherapy or to discontinue a physiotherapy procedure
- Identify the seven principles of rehabilitation.
- Identify key areas of risk management in regards to active care.
- Outline the basic components of a therapeutic exercise program and their interrelationship to patient outcomes
- Identify the roles of support staff in relation to improving risk management.
- Explore the concept of staff training as a method to reduce medical legal risks.
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Disclaimer
All opinions, viewpoints and recommendations contained in this presentation represent those of the author alone and do not represent the opinions, viewpoints, or recommendations of any organization with which the author may be affiliated, including, without limitation, the the ACBSP. This work is intended to provide current and accurate information about the subjects covered and is designed to help doctors of chiropractic to maintain their professional expertise. This publication and accompanying program are offered with the understanding that neither the speakers nor sponsoring organizations are rendering any therapeutic or other professional services. Individuals using this publication or orally conveyed information in dealing with a patient's care should also fully research original and current sources of authority.