Module 1 Flashcards
Audiology
healthcare professionals who provide patient-centered care in the prevention, identification, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment of hearing, balance, and other auditory disorders for people of all ages.
Speech-Language Pathologists
identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems as well as swallowing disorders. They provide services to clients with speech disorders, including articulation problems, fluency (e.g., stuttering) disorders, and voice problems; language disorders, including receptive/expressive language, spoken and written language, and social/pragmatic language; swallowing disorders, and cognitive disorders, including dementia.
Occupational Therapist
health care professionals who help people to resume or maintain participation in a variety of tasks – their jobs, leisure and social activities, getting around, caring for themselves and their home, and much more.
Physiotherapists
help people to restore, maintain, and make the most of their mobility, function, and well-being. Physiotherapy helps through physical rehabilitation, injury prevention, and health and fitness.
What is the main responsibility of the regulatory colleges
To protect the public
What 6 standards of practice are we required to know
1) The Code of Ethical Conduct
2) The Expected Competencies for the Profession
3) The Governing Legislation
4) The Restricted Activities/Scope of Practice
5) Specialist Title Requirements/Rules
6) Standards of Practice/Best Practice Guidelines
T or F: By law to work in canada you must apply for a license to practice from the provincial Regulatory college
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Professionalism
A set of values, behaviours and relationships that underpins the TRUST the public has in a healthcare provider
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According to Kleiner et al. what are the 6 qualities that make a good physiotherapist
- Responsive
- Ethical
- Communicative
- Caring
- Competent
- Collaborative