Florida Psychology CE Requirements: Combo-Pack with Domestic Violence One

Florida Psychology CE Requirements Combo-Pack One: This 7 CE combo includes Behavioral Health Practice Errors, Ethics and Statutes Affecting the Practice of Psychology: Ethical Decision Making and Domestic Violence Update.

Behavioral Health Practice Errors:  This 2-hour medical errors class provides information on root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention and patient safety in behavioral healthcare practice. JCAHO and state reporting standards and error reduction practices are reviewed. The offering will include factors that contribute to the occurrence of behavioral healthcare practice errors, how to recognize at-risk situations, protocol to improve patient outcome, reporting responsibilities, and patient safety. Patient rights and other public education concerns will be addressed

Objectives:

1.  Participants will be able to list types of errors/situations in behavioral healthcare.

2.  Participants will be able to discuss root cause analysis in investigation of practice error.

3.  Participants will be able to identify specific behavioral health practice errors and safeguards

4.  Participants will be able to implement patient education and safety planning steps.

5.  Participants will be able to describe reporting and documentation responsibilities in the event of practice errors.

CE Credits:  2

Agenda:

Hour One: Overview of purpose: Department of Health: FS 456.013, Reporting and Documentation Risk Terminology; Standards for Patient Safety (JCAHO), Risks in Ambulatory Health Care Root-cause analysis

Hour Two: Types of errors and causes/situations Using Patient Outcome Information to Improve Patient Care Safeguards, Patient Education, and Safety Planning.

Florida Ethics & Statutes Affecting the Practice of Psychology: Ethical Decision Making:  The course meets the Florida CE Requirements for Ethics and Statutes for psychologists. The purpose of this study is to acquaint practitioners with decision-making steps for evaluating ethical dilemmas. The course discusses the principles underlying all codes of ethical conduct in the behavioral health professions. Distinctions are made between terms as they pertain to ethics. Several models for making decisions in ethical dilemmas are presented and discussed.  The Florida Board of Psychology requires a 2 CE credit continuing education course on topics concerning ethics and a 1 CE credit on Statutes.  This course is the first of several that will be available through Program Services Continuing Education approved to meet this requirement. 

Objectives:  

1. Participants will be able to define ethics.

2. Participants will be able to discuss the seven principles informing the code of ethics.

3. Participants will be able to identify areas of common unethical behavior.

4. Participants will be able to list nine common excuses for unethical behavior.

5. Participants will be able to discuss ten barriers to ethical decision making.

6. Participants will be able to describe and utilize five decision making models for resolving ethical dilemmas.

CE Credits:  3

Agenda:

Hour One:  Definitions and principles informing counseling ethics, Four areas of common unethical behavior, Excuses for unethical behavior.

Hour Two:  Ten barriers to ethical decision making, Decision making models.

Hour Three:  Statutes and regulations affecting the practice of psychology.

Methods: Study guide, pre and posttest, and evaluation (Q & A by e-mail).