The Florida Psychology CE
Requirements Combo-Pack for License Renewal includes the required curriculum for
Florida licensed Psychologists (Medical Errors and Professional Ethics/Laws and
Rules of the Florida Board) The courses included are Behavioral Health Practice
Errors and Florida Ethics & Statutes Affecting the Practice of Psychology.
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:
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Participants will be able
to list types of errors/situations in behavioral healthcare.
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Participants will be able
to discuss root cause analysis in investigation of practice error.
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Participants will be able
to identify specific behavioral health practice errors and safeguards
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Participants will be able
to implement patient education and safety planning steps.
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Participants will be able
to describe reporting and documentation responsibilities in the event of
practice errors.
Total CE Credits:
2.0
Training 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
This offering
meets the following Florida content requirements for ethics instruction on
professional ethics and Florida statutes and rules affecting the practice of
psychology. This
offering presents the decision steps for the resolution of ethical dilemmas as
developed by Corey, Corey and Callanan in their book the Fourth Edition of
Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions. Definitions of ethics and ethical
behavior are discussed and comparisons and contrasts with ideals, and principles
are made. This session is structured to permit practicing psychologists, mental
health professionals, substance abuse, forensic and domestic violence
professionals to utilize steps in ethical decision making about ethical
dilemmas. Codes of ethics of a number of national professional associations, and
state licensed professions will be used for demonstration in an experiential
hands-on exercise to aid in utilizing the decision-making steps in the process
of attempting to resolve participant’s current ethical questions. Purpose: The
purpose of this study is to acquaint practitioners with the underlying
principles that guide all codes of ethical conduct and be familiar with the code
of ethics for their profession. Further, to assure that practitioners are
familiar with decision-making steps for evaluating ethical dilemmas.
Objectives:
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Participants
will be able to discuss the definition of ethics.
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Participants
will be able to list the steps in ethical decision making.(Corey, Corey and
Callanan)
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Participants
will be able to describe the three levels of ethical dilemmas
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Participants
will be able to apply the Corey, Corey, and Callanan decision-making steps in
the resolution of ethical dilemmas.
Total CE
Credits:
3.0 CE Credits
Training
Agenda:
Hour One:
Definitions and types of
ethics. Overview questions which are helpful for
exploring unclear areas.
Overview of three levels of ethical situations
Hour Two
Read sample ethics code preambles. Overview the steps for ethical
decision-making
Hour Three:
Exercise: Identify ethical dilemma and utilize the decision-making steps to
obtain a solution. Discussion with colleague exercise
