Quiz 2 Review: Professionalism & Ethics, National & State PA Orgs, Comparison of Healthcare Professionals Flashcards
The city of __________ was a proactive medical community.
Seattle
What and when did a significant discovery occur in Seattle?
- 1950-1960s
- Medical team w/ Dr. Belding Scribner came across and pioneered Dialysis
What is the modern day treatment of Dialysis?
Approx. 3 days a week
What are the 2 committees that make up the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center?
I) Medical Advisory Committee
II) Admissions Advisory Committee
Define Medical Advisory Committee
Role was to recommend who should be qualified to receive Dialysis treatment
The Medical Advisory Committee referred potential candidates to who?
The Admissions Advisory Committee
Define Admissions Advisory Committee
An anonymous committee, representing a cross-section of the community
Define Professionalism
The conduct, aims or qualities that characterize or mark a profession/professional person
Six elements of Professionalism…
I) Altruism II) Accountability III) Excellence IV) Duty V) Honor and integrity VI) Respect for others
Seven Challenges to Elements of Professionalism…
I) Abuse of power II) Arrogance III) Greed IV) Misrepresentation V) Impairment VI) Lack of conscientiousness VII) Conflict of interest
What are the components of Professionalism?
- Trust
- Community
- Specialized body of medical knowledge
- Ability to self-regulate
- Professionalism is one of the SIX competencies for the PA profession
How has professionalism in medicine diminished?
- More focus on science and less on service
- More focus on the business of medicine
- Increasing cost associated with medicine due to increased demand
Define Ethics
The discipline dealing with what is good/bad and with moral duty and obligation
What are the four major principles of Biomedical Ethics according to _______ __________ and ________ __________.
James Childress; Thomas Beauchamp I) Autonomy II) Beneficence III) Nonmaleficence IV) Justice
Define Autonomy
Right to make one’s own choices
What are some characteristics of Autonomy?
- Ensuring the informed patient’s right to participate in medical decision making
- Informed consent
- Competent patient
- Privacy
- Freedom of choice (self-determination)
Define Beneficence
Do good to the patient (avoid evil)
Define Nonmaleficence
Do no harm by MAXIMIZING possible BENEFITS, while MINIMIZING possible HARMS
Define Justice
Fairness
Define Advocacy
Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy
What are effective characteristics/principles of Advocacy?
- 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
What components (programs) make up the Physician Assistant Profession?
I) AAPA - physician assistants
II) PAEA - educational programs
III) ARC-PA - accreditation process
IV) Certification process
What does AAPA stand for?
American Academy of Physician Assistants
Define Optimal Team Practice (OTP)
Practice that emphasizes a PA’s commitment to team practice
What are the components of OTP?
- 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
What does FAPA stand for?
Florida Academy of Physician Assistants
Define Volunteerism
The use or involvement of volunteer labor, especially in community services
What does ARC-PA stand for?
Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
What does PAEA stand for?
Physician Assistant Education Association
What does NCCPA stand for?
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Which organization do the following characteristics refer to…
- Accredits educational programs
- Sets standards
- Assures compliance with standards
ARC-PA
Which organization do the following characteristics refer to…
- PANCE/PANRE
- Makes rules for eligibility for exams
- Verify certification of PA’s
NCCPA
Which organization do the following characteristics refer to…
- Represents educational programs
- Faculty development
- Educational leaders workshops
- Exams for clinical
PAEA
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
AAPA
What are the characteristics that make up professional/interprofessional competencies?
I) Interprofessional Education
II) Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
III) Interprofessional Teamwork and Team-Based Care
Define Interprofessional Education?
When students from 2 or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes
Define Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families and communities
The goal of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice is to deliver the ___________ quality of care.
Highest
Define Interprofessional Teamwork
Levels of cooperation, coordination and collaboration characteristics
T/F Interprofessional Collaborative Practice is the relationships between professions in delivering patient-centered care
False; Interprofessional Teamwork
Define Interprofessional Team-Based Care
Care delivered by intentionally created, relatively small work groups in health care
What are some characteristics of Interprofessional Team-Based Care?
- Recognized as having a collective identity
- Shares responsibility of patient
Define Professional Competencies in Health Care
Integrated enactment of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that define the areas of work of a particular health profession applied in specific care contexts
Define Interprofessional Competencies in Health Care
Integrated enactment of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that define working together across the professions, with other health care workers, patients, families and communities
