Vision, Risk, and Informed Consent Flashcards
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Describe professional formation
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- Head (cognitive): foundational science, theories of movement
- Hand (psychomotor): learning the skills of touch, facilitation & inhibition of movement
- Heart (affective): belief about human movement is necessary for health, well-being, & function, empathy
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Components of a professional and personal vision
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- Vision: aspire for the future, where you want to go
- Mission: what you do now to achieve the vision, how you do it
- Goals: mission milestones, steps to move closer to your vision
- Values: what you stand for, beliefs that guide you
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Define micromort
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- Unit of risk defined as one in a million chance of death
4
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Describe license protection
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- State board of PT arising from a complaint
- Allegations about professional conduct: abuse, behavior, or fraud
- The BOARD can suspend or revoke the license; goal to protect the public
- Can result in legal actions
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Describe professional liability
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- Civil lawsuit from a pt’s malpractice claim
- Allegations about clinical practice & professional responsibilities
- Justice system via lawsuit to compensate pt’s who have suffered injury as a result of professional negligence
- Can result in license suspension
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What are the top closed claims by allegation
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- Improper management over the course of treatment
- Failure to supervise or monitor a patient
- Improper performance using a biophysical agent
- Improper performance using therapeutic exercise
- Improper performance of manual therapy
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What are the top closed claim by injury
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- Fracture
- Increase or exacerbation of injury/symptoms
- Burns
- Muscle/ligament damage
8
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Define informed consent in healthcare
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- Voluntary agreement by a person who possesses sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice to allow a medical procedure & or treatment proposed by another to be performed o him/herself
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What type of TORT is battery
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10
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Healthcare informed consent basics
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- a legal doctrine that provides a patient has the right to know the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives of a proposed procedure
- Patients have the “Right to Know” and the “Right to Control” what happens to their bodies
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Difference between express consent and implied consent
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- Express: can take the form of a verbal agreement, or it can be accomplished through the execution of a written document authorizing medical care
- Implied: is determined by some act or silence, which raises a presumption that consent has been authorized
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Describe “Abraham’s Law”
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- the right to make ones own decisions about Onnes body is without exaggeration, the very bedrock on which this country was founded
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Verbal vs written vs implied consent
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- Verbal: is just as binding as written, however it is more difficult to corroborate; requires witnesses that have heard the conversation
- Written: should be used when any proposed treatment may involve some unusual risk(s) to the patient
- Implied: exceptions to the above that exist with respect to emergency situations; Ex: unconscious pts where it can be assumed if conscious they would have consented to the required procedure
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Written consent essentials
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- Nature of the pt’s illness or injury
- Procedure or treatment consented to
- Purpose of the proposed treatment
- Risks & probable consequences of the proposed treatment
- Probability that the proposed treatment may be successful
- Alternative methods of treatment & their associated risks & benefits
- Risks & prognosis if no treatment is rendered
- Indication that the pt understands the nature of any proposed treatment, the alternatives, the risks involved, & the probable consequences of the proposed treatment
- Signatures of the pt, physician, & witnesses
- Date the consent is signed
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Statutory consent versus judicial consent
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- Statutory: state legislation that supports the implied consent of above for emergent situations; if no time to contact attending physician, relatives, or get a court order then it’s advisable to get a 2nd medical opinion & then where emergent perform the procedure
- Judicial: backup plan if the above of consent are not able to be obtained; time sensitive & unable to wait for the court to be in session
