Module 1: Ethics and Professionalism

Question 1

What are the four common ethical principles in Healthcare Ethics?

Answer 1

Autonomy Non-Maleficence Beneficence Fidelity

Question 2

____________ – the belief that healthcare professionals have an ethical duty or responsibility, to make sure that they do not harm their clients

Answer 2

Non-Maleficence

Question 3

___________ – the belief that clients have a moral right to make their own choices about their health care

Answer 3

Autonomy

Question 4

____________ – the belief that healthcare professionals have an ethical responsibility to contribute to the health and well-being of their clients – in other words actually benefit them, rather than just not harming them.

Answer 4

Beneficence

Question 5

___________ – the belief that healthcare professionals must be loyal and faithful people, who clients can trust to keep their commitments to them in particular and to society in general, to protect their interests

Answer 5

Fidelity

Question 6

Refers to firmly-established standards of right and wrong that define right and wrong for us, in terms of obligations and rights.

Answer 6

Ethics

Question 7

____________ - is a statement which expresses the primary ethical values, obligations and goals of the profession.

Answer 7

Code of Ethics

Question 8

The four guiding values and principles are:

Answer 8

1. The Respect for persons
2. Responsible Caring
3. Integrity in Relationships
4. Responsibility to Society

Question 9

Why do we need a Code of Ethics?

Answer 9

A Code of Ethics gives definition to our commitment to practice in ethical terms.

Question 10

What does a Code of Ethics do?

Answer 10

It lays out clearly the massage therapy profession’s values and explains what they are in terms of what we ought to do in order to protect and promote the public good, and what we must avoid doing, in order to prevent harm to the public.

Question 11

To whom does the Code of Ethics is apply?

Answer 11

Massage Therapists/Regulated Practitioners who act as practitioners, educators, researchers, administrators or policy makers.

Question 12

1. Which of the following statements “best” describes the idea of being professional?

A) Someone who enjoys a special status in society
B) Someone who enjoys a fixed social role
C) Someone who looks and behaves in certain prescribed ways
D) Someone who possesses advanced knowledge and skills, obtained through post- secondary education

Answer 12

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Question 13

2. What do you think is the most important difference between a healthcare professional and a health care provider?

Answer 13

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Question 14

3. What do you think is the primary duty or purpose of therapists, as regulated health professionals?

Answer 14

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Question 15

4. What are some of the accountability mechanisms, a regulated healthcare profession utilizes to demonstrate its’ accountability?

Answer 15

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Question 16

5. Why do regulated therapists need to participate in continuing education and lifelong learning?

Answer 16

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Question 17

6. Quality assurance is about what?

Answer 17

s

Question 18

7. Research is important in professional therapies because:

Answer 18

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Question 19

8. Having a disciplinary process is important because:

Answer 19

c

Question 20

9. Mediation refers to the process of:

Answer 20

v

Question 21

10. Alternative dispute resolution refers to?

Answer 21

c

Question 22

This contract is between the profession and society and is based upon mutual trust and respect.

Answer 22

Social contract

Question 23

A lack of knowledge, skill or judgment of a nature or to an extent that demonstrates that the member is unfit to continue to practice or that the member’s practice should be restricted.

Answer 23

Incompetence

Question 24

__________ - means, in relation to a member, that the member is suffering from a physical or mental condition or disorder that makes it desirable in the interest of the public.

Answer 24

Incapacitated or incapacity

Question 25

1. Peter, who is always well presented, is a very successful taxi driver working in the city of Ottawa. He has been driving taxi for over 15 years, has both his A & C class licenses and has an excellent driving record. Is being a taxi driver an occupation or a profession?

Question 26

2. The primary reason Peter provides his taxi service to the public is because:

Question 27

3. The social contract theory of health regulations refers to:

Question 28

4. Karen is providing Massage, Acupuncture and Shiatsu services to her clients in a small independent office she has established at a local mall. She loves her work; her clients love her and believe that she does wonderful work. Karen never bothered to take formal education in her therapies as she learned them from her aunt who was a practitioner in the province of Alberta for 20 years. Her clinic is beautifully appointed, has a wonderful sound system to relax her clients, has electronic tables and her quality business cards list her professional services. She is a long-term member of the very respected national Natural Health Practitioner’s Association and a member of the local chamber of commerce.
   Is Karen a healthcare professional?

Question 29

5. If Shiatsu were to be established as a regulated health profession in Ontario, why would the new Shiatsu College want to establish accountability mechanisms for the profession?

Question 30

6. Ted is an elderly man for whom english is a second language. He is receiving massage therapy from an RMT for arthritic pain and significant immobility in his knees and shoulders. The social contract between the profession and society ensures that Ted receives competent and ethical care by:

Question 31

7. Brandy is taking a continuing education course in advanced taping techniques.
   As a registered massage therapist her purpose for doing so is:

Question 32

8. Linda is a licensed acupuncturist under the new regulatory college and she is partnering with a researcher at the University of Ottawa to research the effects of acupuncture therapy on clients with sprains in the ankle and knee. How does Linda’s participation in research demonstrate the accountability of acupuncturists as a regulated healthcare professional?

Question 33

9. Disciplining of members who breach regulatory requirements is necessary because:

Question 34

10. A regulated health professional tells a client a sexual joke and uses crude language to refer to specific parts of the client’s body. This incident is reported to the regulatory college by the client. What would be the appropriate action for the Regulatory College to take, once they receive this complaint?