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Quiz 2 Review: Professionalism & Ethics, National & State PA Orgs, Comparison of Healthcare Professionals Flashcards

1
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The city of __________ was a proactive medical community.

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Seattle

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What and when did a significant discovery occur in Seattle?

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  • 1950-1960s

- Medical team w/ Dr. Belding Scribner came across and pioneered Dialysis

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What is the modern day treatment of Dialysis?

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Approx. 3 days a week

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What are the 2 committees that make up the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center?

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I) Medical Advisory Committee

II) Admissions Advisory Committee

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Define Medical Advisory Committee

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Role was to recommend who should be qualified to receive Dialysis treatment

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The Medical Advisory Committee referred potential candidates to who?

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The Admissions Advisory Committee

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Define Admissions Advisory Committee

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An anonymous committee, representing a cross-section of the community

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Define Professionalism

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The conduct, aims or qualities that characterize or mark a profession/professional person

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Six elements of Professionalism…

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I) Altruism 
II) Accountability
III) Excellence
IV) Duty
V) Honor and integrity
VI) Respect for others
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10
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Seven Challenges to Elements of Professionalism…

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I) Abuse of power
II) Arrogance
III) Greed
IV) Misrepresentation
V) Impairment 
VI) Lack of conscientiousness
VII) Conflict of interest
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What are the components of Professionalism?

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  • Trust
  • Community
  • Specialized body of medical knowledge
  • Ability to self-regulate
  • Professionalism is one of the SIX competencies for the PA profession
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12
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How has professionalism in medicine diminished?

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  • More focus on science and less on service
  • More focus on the business of medicine
  • Increasing cost associated with medicine due to increased demand
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Define Ethics

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The discipline dealing with what is good/bad and with moral duty and obligation

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What are the four major principles of Biomedical Ethics according to _______ __________ and ________ __________.

A 
James Childress; Thomas Beauchamp
I) Autonomy
II) Beneficence
III) Nonmaleficence
IV) Justice
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Define Autonomy

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Right to make one’s own choices

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What are some characteristics of Autonomy?

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  • Ensuring the informed patient’s right to participate in medical decision making
  • Informed consent
  • Competent patient
  • Privacy
  • Freedom of choice (self-determination)
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Define Beneficence

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Do good to the patient (avoid evil)

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Define Nonmaleficence

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Do no harm by MAXIMIZING possible BENEFITS, while MINIMIZING possible HARMS

19
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Define Justice

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Fairness

20
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Define Advocacy

A

Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy

21
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What are effective characteristics/principles of Advocacy?

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  • Rightness of cause
  • Power of the advocates (more of them is much better than less)
  • Thoroughness with which the advocates researched the issues
  • Their skill in using the advocacy tools available
  • The selection of effective strategies and tactics
22
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What components (programs) make up the Physician Assistant Profession?

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I) AAPA - physician assistants
II) PAEA - educational programs
III) ARC-PA - accreditation process
IV) Certification process

23
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What does AAPA stand for?

A

American Academy of Physician Assistants

24
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Define Optimal Team Practice (OTP)

A

Practice that emphasizes a PA’s commitment to team practice

25
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What are the components of OTP?

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  • Replaces obsolete supervisory agreement laws
  • Created separate majority PA boards to regulate PA’s
  • Authorize PA’s to be DIRECTLY reimbursed by all public/private insurers
26
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What does FAPA stand for?

A

Florida Academy of Physician Assistants

27
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Define Volunteerism

A

The use or involvement of volunteer labor, especially in community services

28
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What does ARC-PA stand for?

A

Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant

29
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What does PAEA stand for?

A

Physician Assistant Education Association

30
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What does NCCPA stand for?

A

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

31
Q

Which organization do the following characteristics refer to…

  • Accredits educational programs
  • Sets standards
  • Assures compliance with standards
A

ARC-PA

32
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Which organization do the following characteristics refer to…

  • PANCE/PANRE
  • Makes rules for eligibility for exams
  • Verify certification of PA’s
A

NCCPA

33
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Which organization do the following characteristics refer to…

  • Represents educational programs
  • Faculty development
  • Educational leaders workshops
  • Exams for clinical
A

PAEA

34
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Which organizations do the following characteristics refer to…

  • Founded in 1968
  • Represents over 115,000 certified PA’s
  • Advocates/educates
  • Works to grow PA education
  • Works to improve healthcare
A

AAPA

35
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What are the characteristics that make up professional/interprofessional competencies?

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I) Interprofessional Education
II) Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
III) Interprofessional Teamwork and Team-Based Care

36
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Define Interprofessional Education?

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When students from 2 or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes

37
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Define Interprofessional Collaborative Practice

A

When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families and communities

38
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The goal of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice is to deliver the ___________ quality of care.

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Highest

39
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Define Interprofessional Teamwork

A

Levels of cooperation, coordination and collaboration characteristics

40
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T/F Interprofessional Collaborative Practice is the relationships between professions in delivering patient-centered care

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False; Interprofessional Teamwork

41
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Define Interprofessional Team-Based Care

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Care delivered by intentionally created, relatively small work groups in health care

42
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What are some characteristics of Interprofessional Team-Based Care?

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  • Recognized as having a collective identity

- Shares responsibility of patient

43
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Define Professional Competencies in Health Care

A

Integrated enactment of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that define the areas of work of a particular health profession applied in specific care contexts

44
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Define Interprofessional Competencies in Health Care

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Integrated enactment of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that define working together across the professions, with other health care workers, patients, families and communities

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