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Navigating Ethical Dilemmas: Tailored Training for Faculty, Clinical Educators, Clinicians, and Students

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    • Non-Member - $25
    • PT Member - $15
    • PTA Member - $15
    • Student - Free!
    • Post-Professional Student - $15
    • Staff - Free!

This course provides customized learning experiences for faculty, Directors of Clinical Education (DCEs), Site Coordinators of Clinical Education (SCCEs), residents, fellows, and clinicians, exploring ethical dilemmas commonly experienced in the field and strategies to overcome them. 

Key Features:

  • Purchase Information: Free for students, $15 for members/post-professional members, $25 for non-members
  • Learning Format: All courses are asynchronous
  • Release Dates: Wednesday, February 5
  • Target Audience: Faculty, clinicians, residents, fellows, and clinical instructors.

Course Details:

  • Module 1 - Faculty Insights: Navigating Moral Distress and Ethical Challenges in Education, empowering faculty and educators to navigate moral distress in educational environments, focusing on the integration of professionalism and ethics in their teaching. 
    • Intended audience: Faculty members.
  • Module 2 - Professionalism and Ethics in Clinical Education, equipping DCEs with insights and strategies to enhance professionalism and ethics in clinical training environments. 
    • Intended audience: Directors of Clinical Education (DCEs).
  • Module 3 - Professionalism and Ethics in Clinical Settings, equipping clinicians with essential tools to effectively apply professionalism and ethics in clinical settings, fostering integrity and ethical decision-making in their practice. 
    • Intended audience: Site Coordinators of Clinical Education (SCCE), clinical instructors (CI), residents and fellows, and clinicians.

Enhance your understanding of professionalism and ethics and register today! (0.4 CEUs / 4 contact hours)

This course is part of the Professionalism and Ethics in Physical Therapy: 4-Part Course Series.

Sarah Luna

PT, DPT, PhD

Seth Kress

PT, DPT

Tara Pearce

Janet Readinger

PT, DPT

Course Instructions

  1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
  2. Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
  3. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
  4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

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Prerequisites
Module 1: Ethical Theories Shaping Disability and Ableism
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. Explore various ethical theories and their impact on perceptions of disability and ableism within physical therapy. This module is your key to unlocking a more inclusive and ethically sound practice.
Module 2: The Evolution of Ethics in Physical Therapy: An Evidence Review
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. Explore the history of ethical practices in physical therapy, understanding how ethical standards have evolved and why they matter in today's practice.
Option 1
Option 1: Faculty Insights: Navigating Moral Distress and Ethical Challenges in Education
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. This course empowers faculty and educators to navigate moral distress in educational environments, focusing on the integration of professionalism and ethics in their teaching. Intended audience: Faculty members.
Option 1: Assessment
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Option 2
Option 2: Professionalism and Ethics in Clinical Education: A DCE's Perspective
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. This course provides Directors of Clinical Education (DCEs) with insights and strategies to enhance professionalism and ethics in clinical training environments. Intended audience: Directors of Clinical Education (DCEs).
Option 2: Assessment
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Option 3
Option 3: Professionalism and Ethics in Clinical Settings: A Practical Approach
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. This course equips clinicians with essential tools to effectively apply professionalism and ethics in clinical settings, fostering integrity and ethical decision-making in their practice. Intended audience: Site Coordinator of Clinical Education (SCCE), clinical instructors, clinicians, and those hoping to elevate their practice through additional training such as residency, fellowship, or other program.
Option 3: Assessment
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Evaluation
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CEU Certificate
Up to 0.40 contact hours available  |  Certificate available
Up to 0.40 contact hours available  |  Certificate available